Information from pre-release promotional materials. "Tåohåo Soritsu Kinen Nijåushåunen Kinen Eiga." Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. A foreign film (Japan). Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The warroir's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; "A message from Akira Kurosawa" (2000); documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa: to create is beautiful"; original theatrical trailer; improved subtitle translation.
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art direction, So Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art direction, So Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation (1.33:1); mono.