| Description |
1 videodisc (103 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, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyoko Aoyama, Haruko Togo, Noriko Sengoku, Akemi Negishi, Yoichi Tachikawa, Kichijiro Ueda, Eijiro Tono, Yutaka Sada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ken Mitsuda, Atsushi Watanabe, Kiyomi Mizunoya, Gen Shimizu, Toranosuke Ogawa. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; production design, Muraki Yoshirō ; music, Hayasaka Fumio; editor, Obata Chōzō. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
Presents an elderly, stubborn businessman, so fearful of a nuclear attack that he resolves to move his reluctant family to South America. Kurosawa depicts a society emerging from the shadows but still terrorized by memories of the past and anxieties for the future. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Drama.
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Nuclear weapons -- Japan -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Paranoia -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Screenwriter. Director.
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Motoki, Sōjirō. Producer.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018. Screenwriter.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996. Screenwriter.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
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Miyoshi, Eiko. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999. Actor.
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Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975. Actor.
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Sengoku, Noriko. Actor.
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Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972. Actor.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994. Actor.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985. Actor.
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Mitsuda, Ken, 1912-1997. Actor.
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Watanabe, Atsushi, 1898-1977. Actor.
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988. Cinematographer.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955. Composer.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
I live in fear |
| Added Title |
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D14 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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