Living Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

Japanese

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 22 min., 42 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1952]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing. He learns he is dying of cancer and wants to find some meaning in his life. He finds himself unable to talk with his family, and spends a night on the town with a novelist, but that leaves him unfulfilled. He next spends time with a young woman from his office, but finally decides he can make a difference through his job... After Watanabe's death, co-workers at his funeral discuss his behavior over the last several months and debate why he suddenly became assertive in his job to promote a city park, and resolve to be more like Watanabe. Featuring Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka. Country of production: Japan. (With English subtitles.) <br /><br />Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Contents:

Living (22:42); 30 Second Clip of Living (0:26);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1952

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143509447

Publisher Number:

56944 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license