Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
Eclipse series ; 38. |
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Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 38, Masaki Kobayashi, against the system.
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Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
Keiko Kishi, Tatsuya Nakadai, So Yamamura, Yusuke Kawazu, Mari Yoshimura. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Norio Nanjo. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono., NTSC. |
Summary |
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown. A bevy of lawyers and associates begin machinations to procure the money for themselves, resorting to the use of impostors and blackmail. Yet all are outwitted by the cunning of the man's secretary, in this entertaining condemnation of unchecked greed. |
Language |
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles. |
Subject |
Inheritance and succession -- Japan -- Drama.
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Illegitimate children -- Japan -- Drama.
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Avarice -- Japan -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
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Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-
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Inagaki, Koichi.
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Kishi, Keiko.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000.
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Nanjō, Norio, 1908-2004.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Note |
Japanese title: Karami-ai. |
ISBN |
9781604656978 |
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1604656972 |
Music No. |
ECL 175 The Criterion Collection |
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