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Ikimono no kuroku : Record of a living being /

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An elderly and wealthy industrialist becomes obsessed with a fear of the atomic bomb. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rainforest in Brazil where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is outraged and move to have him...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Mei ya lei she ying die you xian gong si
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with optional subtitles in traditional and simplified Chinese and English.
Published: Kowloon, HK : Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., [between 2000 and 2009?]
Subjects:
Atomic bomb > Japan > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Foreign films.
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Summary:An elderly and wealthy industrialist becomes obsessed with a fear of the atomic bomb. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rainforest in Brazil where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is outraged and move to have him declared insane.
Item Description:A foreign film (Japan).
Title from the cassette label.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1955.
Special features include synopsis and credits in Chinese and English, and director biography and filmography in Chinese.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD. Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Photography, Asaichi Nakai.