| Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono. |
| Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Soji Kiyokawa, Ichiro Sugai, Takako Irie, Sayuri Tanima, Yoko Yaguchi, Sachiko Ozaki, Asako Suzuki, Haruko Toyama. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Obara Jōji ; music, Suzuki Seiichi ; production design, Abe Teruaki. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
Akira Kurosawa's patriotic World War II morale booster focuses on a volunteer corps of women working at an optics factory to produce lenses for binoculars and targeting scopes, and was shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory in Hiratsuka. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Japan -- Drama.
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Women's volunteer labor corps -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Propaganda films.
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Feature films.
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War films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Director. Screenwriter.
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Itō, Motohiko. Producer.
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Usami, Jin. Producer.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Kiyokawa, Soji. Actor.
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Sugai, Ichiro. Actor.
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Irie, Takako, 1911-1995. Actor.
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Tanima, Sayuri, 1922- Actor.
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Yaguchi, Yoko. Actor.
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Ohara, Joji. Cinematographer.
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Suzuki, Seiichi, 1901-1980. Composer.
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Janus Films.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Most beautiful |
| Added Title |
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D2 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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