Description: "Ikiru" (1952) Blu-ray Criterion November / 2015 Brand New. Factory Sealed. Ships USPS from Madison, Wisconsin All Blu-rays are Carefully, and Well Packaged International Shipping via eBay Standard International Service or USPS with Tracking - Worldwide All Shipping Costs are Calculated according to your address at checkout Thank You! Movie Info: Mr. Watanabe suddenly finds that he has terminal cancer. He vows to make his final days meaningful. His attempts to communicate his anguish to his son and daughter-in-law lead only to heartbreak. Finally, inspired by an unselfish co-worker, he turns his efforts to bringing happiness to others by building a playground in a dreary slum neighborhood. When the park is finally completed, he is able to face death with peaceful acceptance. Rotten Tomatoes One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived twopart structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive. Criterion Special Features per Criterion New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-rayAudio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira KurosawaA Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000), a ninety-minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Productions and featuring interviews with the directorDocumentary on Ikiru from 2003, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, and featuring interviews with Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, writer Hideo Oguni, actor Takashi Shimura, and othersTrailerNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic and travel writer Pico Iyer and a reprint from critic Donald Richie’s 1965 book The Films of Akira Kurosawa Specs: Format: Blu-ray, NTSC, Black/White Region: Region A (Americas, SE Asia...) Rating: Not Rated Running Time: 143 Minutes Audio: Japanese LPCM Mono (Uncompressed Sound) Subtitles: English Video: 1080p (high definition) Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 Studio: Criterion Date of Release: November 24, 2015 International Business Always Welcome. Our Shop is Open to the Whole of the Public - Worldwide. Shipments via eBay International Standard Shipping provided with tracking. Private Courier and Express Shipping also available. Please inquire if interested in service from courier you do not see listed at checkout. About us: We began our online shop in 2011, and have striven since that time to follow all of the good principles and ethics that good merchants everywhere have abided by since time immemorial. No One is as a reference number to us. We hope that you will enjoy doing business with us in All Respects !! Round 'n Round llc
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DVD Edition Year: 2015
Rating: NR
Director: AKIRA Kurosawa
Sub-Genre: Foreign-Japanese
Leading Role: Takahashi Shimura
Studio: Criterion Collection
Edition: Criterion Edition
Type: Movie
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Format: Blu-ray
Release Year: 1952
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Actor: Takahashi Shimura
Features: Commentary
Genre: Drama
Season: Full Length Motion Picture
Movie/TV Title: Ikiru