| Description |
1 videodisc (88 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 |
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Miyagawa Kazuo ; production design, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Note |
Based on "In a grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove, seen from four different perspectives. Akira Kurosawa's meditation on the nature of "truth" transformed narrative cinema as we know it. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927 -- Film adaptations.
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Murder -- Japan -- Drama.
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Rape -- Japan -- Drama.
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Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Subjectivity -- Drama.
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Memory -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Film adaptations.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Screenwriter. Director.
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Minoura, Jingo. Producer.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018. Screenwriter.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019. Actor.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999. Actor.
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Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972. Actor.
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Honma, Fumiko, 1910- Actor.
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975. Actor.
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Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999. Cinematographer.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955. Composer.
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Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
Yabu no naka.
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Janus Films.
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Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D10 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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