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The Resource Ikiru : To live, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motogi ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; directed by Akira Kurosawa

Ikiru : To live, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motogi ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Director
Contributor
Summary
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Work
Publication
Edition
Full screen
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Note
  • Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set
  • Videodisc release of the 1952 motion picture
  • Issued as part of the box set "AK100: 25 films" / by Akira Kurosawa with book (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.) shelved separately in Audio (PN1998.3.K87
  • Criterion Collection: AK100D12
  • Criterion Collection: CC1858D (set)
Isbn
9781604652260
Instance
Label
Ikiru : To live
Title
Ikiru
Title remainder
To live
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motogi ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; directed by Akira Kurosawa
Title variation
  • To live
  • AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa
  • Twenty-five films by Akira Kurosawa
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled
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Cataloging source
NDD
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; music by Fumio Hayasaka
Language note
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English
PerformerNote
Takashi Shimura, Nabuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Kumeko Urabe, Yoshie Minami, Miki Odagiri, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minosuke Yamada, Haruo Tanaka, Bokuzen Hidari, Shinichi Himori
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1998,
  • 1918-2018,
  • 1904-1996,
  • 1905-1982,
  • 1923-1995,
  • 1926-
  • 1902-1989,
  • 1905-1985,
  • 1894-1971,
  • 1907-1959,
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Motoki, Sōjirō,
  • Kurosawa, Akira
  • Hashimoto, Shinobu
  • Oguni, Hideo
  • Shimura, Takashi
  • Kaneko, Nobuo
  • Seki, Kyōko
  • Kobori, Makoto,
  • Urabe, Kumeko
  • Odagiri, Miki,
  • Fujiwara, Kamatari
  • Hidari, Bokuzen
  • Himori, Shinʼichi
  • Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Janus Films
Runtime
143
Series statement
  • AK100 ; disc 12
  • 25 films by Akira Kurosawa
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Motion pictures, Japanese
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Ikiru : To live, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motogi ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set
  • Videodisc release of the 1952 motion picture
  • Issued as part of the box set "AK100: 25 films" / by Akira Kurosawa with book (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.) shelved separately in Audio (PN1998.3.K87
  • Criterion Collection: AK100D12
  • Criterion Collection: CC1858D (set)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
476245045
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Isbn
9781604652260
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515052016
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • AK100D12
  • CC1858D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Ikiru : To live, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motogi ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography by Asakazu Nakai ; directed by Akira Kurosawa
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set
  • Videodisc release of the 1952 motion picture
  • Issued as part of the box set "AK100: 25 films" / by Akira Kurosawa with book (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.) shelved separately in Audio (PN1998.3.K87
  • Criterion Collection: AK100D12
  • Criterion Collection: CC1858D (set)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
476245045
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Isbn
9781604652260
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515052016
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • AK100D12
  • CC1858D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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