Ikimono no kiroku /

生きものの記錄

An elderly and wealthy industrialist is driven to madness over fears of a nuclear attack. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rain forest in Brazil where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is outraged and move to hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Motoki, Sojiro, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Miyoshi, Eiko, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999
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:	Nuclear weapons > Drama. Nuclear warfare > Drama. Paranoia > Drama. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese.

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Summary:	An elderly and wealthy industrialist is driven to madness over fears of a nuclear attack. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rain forest 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:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; music, Hayasaka Fumio.
ISBN:	9781604650020 (set) 1604650028 (set) 9781604650082 1604650087