Ikiru (Criterion Collection) (DVD, 1952)

Description: Ikiru (Criterion Collection) (DVD, 1952). A film by Akira Kurosawa. 1952 | 143 minutes | Black & White | Monaural | In Japanese with optional English subtitles | 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Factory Sealed Special Edition From the back: "Considered by many to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikiru (To Live) presents the director at his most compassionate--affirming life through the exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Wantanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer from his existence and find meaning in his final days. Told in two parts, Ikiru offers Watanabe's quest in the present and then through a series of flashbacks. The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in the full portrait of a misunderstood man. Special Edition Double-disc set features: DISC ONE: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound | Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa | Original theatrical trailer | New and improved English subtitle translation | optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition DISC TWO: A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000): an 81-minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Production Inc., featuring interviews with the director on the sets of his later films | A 41-minute documentary on Ikiru from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, including interviews with Kurosawa, writer Hideo Oguni, actor Takashi Shimura, and many others"

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