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Ikiru AKA Doomed AKA Living AKA To Live (1952)
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...Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Presentation by Jean Douchet (5 min.)
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Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Also available in the "Akira Kurasawa" 3-pack with "Yojimbo" and "The Lower Depths"
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Extras:Filmographies & Biographies
Cast & Crew Information
Production Notes -
Subtitles:Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of "The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa" (2004)
Theatrical trailer (3:29)
DISC TWO
"A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies" 2000 documentary (81:17)
"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - Ikiru" 2003 documentary (41:36) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Black "Double Alpha" case.
Comes with a 8-page fold-out booklet, featuring an essay by Donald Richie.
Extras are in Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Disc one is coded R1, but disc two is R0. -
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Extras:"Charles Tesson on Ikiru" featurette (34:52)
Original Trailer (3:30)
Start-up Trailer for the "Akira Kurosawa Collection" (2:40)
Weblink
Credits -
Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 mono
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Gallery (1:09)
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:4260065691124
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Notes:Reissued in a Digipack case.
Also available in the 12-disc 10-film Akira Kurosawa Meisterwerke collection. -
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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in the "Akira Kurosawa Collection volume 1".
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Extras:"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - Ikiru" 2003 documentary (41:00)
Trailer (3:45) -
Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Initial pressing include a booklet and a cardboard slipcase.
Also available in the "Akira Kurosawa - The Masterworks Volume 3" boxset. -
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Extras:Introduction by Alex Cox (14:46)
Akira Kurosawa Biography
Takashi Shimura Biography
Promos for eight other BFI Kurosawa DVDs -
Subtitles:English (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes sleeve notes by Philip Kemp.
Also available in the "Classic Kurosawa" collection which includes "Stray Dog", "Ikiru", "I Live in Fear", "Throne of Blood", and "Red Beard".
Also available in the "Kurosawa Classic Collection" which includes "Ikiru, "I Live in Fear", "The Lower Depths", "Red Beard" and "Dodes'ka-den". -
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion standalone release has the most extras.
For audio the French Wild Side release has a DTS track, and also has an exclusive featurette.
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CUTS:
- R0 France- Fravidis/Opening - No cuts
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (142:57 NTSC).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (142:35 NTSC).
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (137:15 PAL).
- R2 Germany- KSM - No cuts (143:02 NTSC->PAL)
- R2 Holland- Total Film Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Japan- Toho - No cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (137:00 PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 24/11/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 23/06/24UPDATE LOG:
04/12/14: Updated the UK specs, added the boxset info, ASIN.
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31/12/19: Added France Wild Side.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
23/06/24: Added Germany.
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