Ikiru
(DVD)

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Contributors
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter,
Motoki, Sojiro. film producer.
Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018 screenwriter.
Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, screenwriter.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (143 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
Japanese
UPC
715515161213

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952.
General Note
Partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participants/Performers
Shimura Takashi, Odagiri Miki, Kaneko Nobuo, Seki Kyōko.
Description
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.
Target Audience
[Not rated]
Language
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kurosawa, A., Motoki, S., Hashimoto, S., Oguni, H., Shimura, T., Odagiri, M., Kaneko, N., Seki, K., Hayasaka, F., Prince, S., Iyer, P., Richie, D., & Tolstoy, L. (2015). Ikiru (1952 motion picture release.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Akira Kurosawa et al.. 2015. Ikiru. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Akira Kurosawa et al.. Ikiru [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection, 2015.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kurosawa, A., Motoki, S., Hashimoto, S., Oguni, H., Shimura, T., Odagiri, M. and Kaneko, N. et al (2015). Ikiru. 1952 motion picture release. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kurosawa, Akira, et al. Ikiru 1952 motion picture release., Criterion Collection, 2015.

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