Ikiru
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled.
| Corporate Author: | Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha., Criterion Collection (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Motoki, Sojiro., Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996., Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998., Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982., Odagiri, Miki., Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-, Seki, Kyōko, 1926-, Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988., Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955., Richie, Donald, 1924- |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Japanese English |
| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
c2004.
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
| Series: |
Criterion collection ;
221. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952. Special features: audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; "A message from Akira Kurosawa" (2000); documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa, it is wonderful to create"; original theatrical trailer. "Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1"--Insert. Program notes by Donald Richie inserted in container. Recorded in Dolby digital mono. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: |
DVD. |
| Production Credits: |
Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; music, Hayasaka Fumio ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson. |
| ISBN: |
0780026918 9780780026919 |