Ikiru

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, film director.

Shimura, Takashi, actor.

Kanopy (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Japan--Drama.

Death.

Cancer in men--Japan--Drama.

Cancer in men.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 143 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014

System Details:

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Considered by some to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikirupresents the director at his most compassionate, affirming life through an exploration of a man's death. Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off 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 a full portrait of a man who lacked understanding from others in life

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1952

OCLC:

897772529

Publisher Number:

1113251 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license