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.
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Japanese English |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
c2004.
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
221. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| 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 |
