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(aka 'Ikimono no kiroku" I Live In Fear: Record of a Living Being" or "I Live in Fear" or "Record of a Living Being" or "What the Birds Knew")
Japan 1955
| When a wealthy foundry owner and bullying patriarch decides to move his entire family from Tokyo to Brazil to escape the nuclear holocaust which he fears is imminent, his family tries to have him declared mentally incompetent. Made at the height of the Cold War when the superpowers were engaged in series of nuclear tests, this blazing attack on complacency was one of the director's most deeply-felt but least commercially successful films. Nonetheless it deserves to be more widely known, particularly as it continues Kurosawa's critique of the patriarchal despotism rife in Japanese society. |
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Theatrical Release: November 22nd, 1955 - Japan
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DVD Review: BFI - Region 2 - PAL
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| Distribution | BFI Video - Region 2 - PAL | |
| Runtime | 1:38:57 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.76 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s |
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| Audio | Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Kurosawa
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This is a much superior image (and DVD) to BFI's "High and Low" , also released at the same time. There is slight damage that is visible throughout and some telltale artifacts on the single-layered disc but it is progressive and appears to be from the correct standard. It looks relatively clean with good contrast. The box states the aspect ratio as 1.66, but we can see this image is 1.33, which I believe is correct (Throne of Blood made after was also 1.33).
Bio extras, removable subtitles and excellent menus make this the definitive release of this film on DVD (previous was a horrid Mei Ah coaster). We recommend till it shows up on Criterion. |
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Recommended Reading for Kurosawa Fans (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp |
Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema (Midland Book, Mb 469) by David Desser |
Akira Kurosawa and
Intertextual Cinema by James Goodwin |
Kurosawa: Film Studies and
Japanese Cinema (Asia-Pacific.) by Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto |
The Warrior's Camera by Stephen Prince |
The Films of Akira Kurosawa by Donald Ritchie |
The Emperor and the
Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and
Toshiro Mifune by Stuart Galbraith IV |
Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa | A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie |
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DVD Review Akira Kurosawa I Live In Fear Record of a Living Being BFI DVD Review
