| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (159 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa |
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Directors suite |
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Director's suite.
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Director's suite. Akira Kurosawa
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| Summary |
Based on Dostoyevsky's tale of love and murder, this story takes place in the snowy northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Kameda, a mentally fragile innocent incapable of dishonesty, meets Akama on his return home from an asylum. They become involved with the brash former concubine Taeko and the innocent Ayoko, leading to an intricate, complicated and ultimately tragic web of love, hate and human frailty |
| Notes |
Originally released in 1951 |
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MMA2423 |
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Based on the novel by Dostoevsky |
| Credits |
Produced by Takashi Koide ; directed by Akira Kurosawa |
| Cast |
Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara |
| Audience |
Censorship classification: PG |
| Notes |
Region 4, PAL |
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DVD. Region unspecified |
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In Japanese. Subtitles in English |
| Subject |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
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Madman Entertainment Australia (Firm)
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