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Ikiru, [To live], Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku, Motoki Sōjirō ; kyakuhon, Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu, Oguni Hideo ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira

Partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The death of Ivan IlyichBlu-ray special edition 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

black and white

monaural

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

other

Blu-ray special edition.

9781681430706

be2015048844

videodisc

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

Takashi Shimura, Nabuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara

1 Blu-ray videodisc (143 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

Blu-ray; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Region A; mono

715515161213

CC2554BD -- Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc