Description: Considered by many to be Akira kurosawa’s greatest achievement, Ikiru ( to live ) presents the Director, at his most compassionate Dash affirming life through the exploration of a man’s death. Takashi Shimura portraysKinji Watanabe, 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 multi faceted. Look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in a full portrait of a misunderstood man. The special edition, double disk set features two discs. Disc one new high definition, digital transfer, with restored image and sound. Audio commentary by Stephen price, the author of the Warriors camera. Original theatrical trailer and new and improved English subtitles translation. Optimal image quality RSDL dual layer addition. Disc 2 a message from Akira Kurosawa,: For beautiful movies 2000 : and 81 minute documentary produced by Kurosawa production Inc. featuring interviews with the Director on the set of his later films. A 41 minute documentary on Ikira from the series Akira Kurosawa and interviews with the writer and actor, and many others .
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Type: Movie
Release Year: 2004
Language: Japanese
Video Format: NTSC
Actor: Takashi Shimura
Features: With Subtitles, Audio commentary, Behind The Scenes Featurette, Black & White
Season: Na
Studio: The Criterion Collection
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Director: AKIRA Kurosawa
Edition: Criterion Edition
Rating: NR
Format: DVD
Movie/TV Title: Ikiru
Sub-Genre: Japanese
Genre: Foreign Language