Hakuchi [translated: The Idiot]
Shochiku Co. Ltd.; directed by Akira Kurosawa; produced by Takashi Koide; screenplay by Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Japanese version
- Creation:
- 1951
- Publication:
- [Hong Kong] : Panorama Entertainment, [2003]
- Copyright:
- ©2003
- Related Series:
- Platinum classics
More Details
- Summary:
- Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity. His antagonist is an anarchist.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Idiot [by Dostoyevsky, F.]
- Related Series:
- Platinum classics
- Alternate Titles:
- Title translation: The Idiot
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, Dolby digital, stereo, 5.1 surround, NTSC region 3.
- Performers:
- Cast: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura, Yoshiko Kuga.
- Production Credits:
- Directed by Kurosawa Akira; Produced by Kiode Takashi; Cinematography, Toshiro Ubukata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
- General Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Screen format: Letter box.
Special features: director's biography and filmography. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet : illustrations).
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Video Characteristics:
- NTSC
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- HAK 1951 DVD
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Panorama Entertainment: PCLDVD301060
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053056911
53934423 [Invalid]
