| Description |
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Janus films collection
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Janus films collection.
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| System Details |
DVD. ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson. |
| Note |
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952. |
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Released as part of the "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films |
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"...features a pristine digital transfer of the film in its original language, as well as English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"--Criterion website. |
| 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 quietly fulfilled. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Patients -- Drama.
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Cancer -- Patients. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Death -- Drama.
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Death. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Motoki, Sōjirō.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Odagiri, Miki.
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Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995.
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Seki, Kyōko, 1926-2007.
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
To live |
| Note |
Title from accompanying book : Essential art house |
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Title from container : 50 years of Janus Films |
| Added Title |
Fifty years of Janus Films |
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50 years of Janus Films.
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| ISBN |
$12.92 |
| Music No. |
IKI010 Janus Films |
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