Ikiru = To live
(DVD Movies)

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.
Edition
Special edition
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Arcadia Public Library - Audio Visual
Japanese DVD Ikiru
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.
Format
DVD Movies
Edition
Special edition
Language
jpn
UPC
037429180525

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952.
General Note
"Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1"--Insert.
General Note
Program notes by Donald Richie inserted in container.
General Note
Special features: high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound ; audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa ; "A message from Akira Kurosawa: for beautiful movies" (2000), an 81 minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Production Inc., featuring interviews with the director on the sets of his later films ; a 41 minute documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create", original theatrical trailer, improved subtitle translation.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participants/Performers
Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyōko Seki.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Motoki, S., Hashimoto, S., Oguni, H., Kurosawa, A., Shimura, T., Odagiri, M., Kaneko, N., Seki, K., Hayasaka, F., & Richie, D. (2004). Ikiru =: To live (Special edition). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sojiro Motoki et al.. 2004. Ikiru =: To Live. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sojiro Motoki et al.. Ikiru =: To Live Criterion Collection, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Motoki, Sojiro, et al. Ikiru =: To Live Special edition, Criterion Collection, 2004.

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