Bedford Public Library

Ikiru, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; Janus Films ; seisaku, Motogi Sojirō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira

Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952Partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan IlyichFull screen (1.37:1)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

multicolored

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka

other

1952 motion picture release.

9781681430706

videodisc

Shimura Takashi, Odagiri Miki, Kaneko Nobuo, Seki Kyōko

1 videodiscs (143 minutes), sound, black & white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm)

videodisc

(OCoLC)ocn930736170

Blu-ray, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural; requires Blu-ray player

715515161213

DVD