Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (143 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 221 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 221.
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System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural. |
Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Nabuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara. |
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志村喬, 小田切みき, 金子信雄, 関京子. |
Credits |
Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; editor, Koichi Iwashita ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
Note |
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952. |
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Partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The death of Ivan Ilyich. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
Audience |
[Not rated] |
Summary |
A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children. |
Note |
Special features: Audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000), a ninety-minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Productions and featuring interviews with the director; Documentary on Ikiru from 2003, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create and featuring interviews with Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, writer Hideo Oguni, actor Takashi Shimura, and others; Trailer; New English subtitle translation. An essay "Ikiru Many Autumns Later" by film critic Pico Iyer and a reprint "To Live" from critic Donald Richie's 1965 book The Films of Akira Kurosawa. |
Language |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Cancer -- Patients -- Drama.
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Terminally ill -- Drama.
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Self-realization in old age -- Drama.
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Death -- Drama.
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Japan -- Drama.
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Japanese DVDs 2015.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films -- Japan.
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Foreign language films -- Japanese.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter, film director.
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黒澤明, 1910-1998. screenwriter film director
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Motoki, Sojiro, film producer.
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本木荘二郎. film producer
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018 screenwriter.
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橋本忍, 1918- screenwriter
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, screenwriter.
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小國英雄, 1904-1996. screenwriter
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
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志村喬, 1905-1982. actor
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Odagiri, Miki, actor.
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小田切みき. actor
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Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995, actor.
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金子信雄, 1923- actor
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Seki, Kyōko, 1926-2007 actor.
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関京子, 1926- actor
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, composer (expression)
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早坂文雄, 1914-1955 composer (expression)
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Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020 commentator.
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Iyer, Pico, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
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東宝株式会社. production company
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Janus Films, film distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Note |
Translated English title: To live |
Added Title |
Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
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ISBN |
1681430711 |
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9781681430713 |
Standard No. |
715515161312 |
Music No. |
CC2555D Criterion Collection |
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