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Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an anarchist.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Koide, Takashi, Motoki, Sojiro, Hisaita, Eijirō, 1898-1976, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Hara, Setsuko, 1920-2015, Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, Kuga, Yoshiko, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Series:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Postwar Kurosawa.
Eclipse series ; 7.
Subjects:
Love stories > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Hokkaido (Japan) > Drama.
Christianity > Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Description
Summary:Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an anarchist.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Ubukata Toshio ; music, Hayasaka Fumio.
ISBN:9781604650020 (set)
1604650028 (set)
9781604650075
1604650079