To Live
生きるby Akira Kurosawa2h231952Japan
Recommended byMartin Scorsese, Jutta Brückner, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Robert Guédiguian, Naomi Kawase, Paul Schrader, Fatih Akin, John Cameron Mitchell
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A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Toho Company
- Photo Director : Asakazu Nakai
- Editing : Koichi Iwashita, Akira Kurosawa
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Scenario : Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
- Set Decoration : Takashi Matsuyama
- Original Music : Fumio Hayasaka
- Producer : Sôjirô Motoki
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1952
- French release date : 31 août 1966
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Japanese
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