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Title The thick-walled room produced by Takeshi Ogura ; screenplay by Kobo Abe ; director, Masaki Kobayashi.

Publication Info. [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD  DVD FOREIGN-JAPA-T    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Eclipse series ; 38.
Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 38, Masaki Kobayashi, against the system.
Note Title from container.
Performer Ko Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi, Toshiko Kobayashi, Kinzo Shin.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono., NTSC.
Summary Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted by Abe Kōbō from the diaries of real prisoners.
Language Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Subject War criminals -- Japan -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Japan -- Drama.
Prisons -- Japan -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993.
Ogura, Takeshi, 1908-1977.
Mishima, Ko.
Hamada, Torahiko.
Kishi, Keiko.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Japanese title on container: Kabe atsuki heya.
ISBN 9781604656947
1604656948
Music No. ECL 172 The Criterion Collection
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