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The Resource Dodesukaden, Yonki no Kai, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha sakuhin ; gensaku, Yamamoto Shūgorō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira

Dodesukaden, Yonki no Kai, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha sakuhin ; gensaku, Yamamoto Shūgorō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira

Label
Dodesukaden
Title
Dodesukaden
Statement of responsibility
Yonki no Kai, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha sakuhin ; gensaku, Yamamoto Shūgorō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira
Title variation
  • Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den
  • Dodes'ka-den
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
Follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. As desperate as their circumstances may seem, each of them, including the homeless father and son who dream of a home; the young woman hiding from the abuse she receives from her uncle; and a young boy who dreams of being a trolley conductor, find reasons to carry on
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Producers, Kurosawa Akira, Matsue Yōichi ; screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Oguni Hideo, Hashimoto Shinobu ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Fukuzawa Yasumichi ; art, Muraki Yōshirō, Muraki Shinobu ; music, Takemitsu Tōru
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.D63 2009
PerformerNote
Zushi Yoshitaka, Sugai Kin, Tonomura Toshiyuki, Minami Shinsuke, Kusunoki Yūko
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1998
  • 1904-1996
  • 1918-2018
  • 1926-2018
  • 1930-1982
  • 1933-
  • 1903-1967
  • 1955-2020
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kurosawa, Akira
  • Matsue, Yōichi
  • Oguni, Hideo
  • Hashimoto, Shinobu
  • Zushi, Yoshitaka
  • Sugai, Kin
  • Tonomura, Toshiyuki
  • Minami, Shinsuke
  • Kusunoki, Yūko
  • Yamamoto, Shūgorō
  • Prince, Stephen
  • Tōhō Eiga, Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Yonki-no-Kai, Inc
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
140
Series statement
The Criterion Collection
Series volume
465
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slums
  • Poor
  • Tokyo (Japan)
  • Fathers and sons
  • Women
  • Boys
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Dodesukaden, Yonki no Kai, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha sakuhin ; gensaku, Yamamoto Shūgorō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Kikaku, Yonki no Kai: Kurosawa Akira, Kinoshita Keisuke, Ichikawa Kon, Kobayashi Masaki."
  • A foreign film (Japan)
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970
  • Based on: Kisetsu no nai machi / Yamamoto Shūgorō
  • Special features: "Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create:" a documentary about the making of the film, including interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, actor Yoshitaka Zushi, and other memebers of the cast and crew (36 min.); theatrical trailer; booklet includes an essay by film historian, Stephen Prince and a new interview with Nogami
Accompanying material
1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn294967545
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (140 min.)
Isbn
9781604651270
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515042918
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
CC1800D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., new, restored high-definition digital transfer, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Dodesukaden, Yonki no Kai, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha sakuhin ; gensaku, Yamamoto Shūgorō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira
Publication
Note
  • "Kikaku, Yonki no Kai: Kurosawa Akira, Kinoshita Keisuke, Ichikawa Kon, Kobayashi Masaki."
  • A foreign film (Japan)
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970
  • Based on: Kisetsu no nai machi / Yamamoto Shūgorō
  • Special features: "Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create:" a documentary about the making of the film, including interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, actor Yoshitaka Zushi, and other memebers of the cast and crew (36 min.); theatrical trailer; booklet includes an essay by film historian, Stephen Prince and a new interview with Nogami
Accompanying material
1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn294967545
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (140 min.)
Isbn
9781604651270
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515042918
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
CC1800D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., new, restored high-definition digital transfer, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD

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