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I Live in Fear AKA Ikimono no kiroku AKA Record of a Living Being (1955)
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination.Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Subtitles:Czech (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:English subtitles are of a poor standard.
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Extras:Text biographies:
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Subtitles:English (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes an 8 page booklet.
Case incorrectly states the disc to be region 2 encoded and the aspect ratio to be 1.66:1.
Also available in the "Classic Kurosawa" collection which includes "Stray Dog", "Ikiru", "I Live in Fear", "Throne of Blood", and "Red Beard".
Also available in the "Kurosawa Classic Collection" which includes "Ikiru, "I Live in Fear", "The Lower Depths", "Red Beard" and "Dodes'ka-den". -
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes�ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946)
DISC TWO
* "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947)
DISC THREE
* "Scandal" (1950)
DISC FOUR
* "The Idiot" (1951)
DISC FIVE
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Only available in "The Eclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa" set in five slim cases housed in a cardboard slipcase, with liner notes printed on the DVD covers.
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Extras:"It Is Wonderful to Create: I Live in Fear" featurette (22:18)
Interview with Teruyo Nogami (23:44)
"Fabrice Arduini on I Live in Fear" featurette (13:34)
Start-up Trailer for the "Akira Kurosawa Collection" (2:34)
Weblink
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Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 mono
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Buy this disc from
Amazon France
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
DISC TWO
"It Is Wonderful to Create: I Live in Fear" featurette (22:17)
Interview with Teruyo Nogami, script supervisor on "I Live in Fear" (23:43)
Interview with Fabrice Arduini, journalist and film programmer at the Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris (13:32)
Text biographies:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Toshiro Mifune
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Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Amazon France
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:First pressings incorrectly state a slideshow to be present on the disc.
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OVERALL: Draw
The French single disc release has a DTS track and the most extras. Note though the subtitles are not removable.
The Czech, Hong Kong, US releases have removable subtitles.
This has also been released in:
- Australia by Madman Entertainment
- Japan by Toho
- Russia by Деваль-Видео/Deval-Video
- Spain by Filmax Home Video
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CUTS:
- R0 Czech Republic- Levné knihy KMa / Filmhouse - No cuts (98:56 PAL).
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R0 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (98:58 PAL).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (103:00 NTSC).
- R1 Postwar Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (103:20 NTSC).
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (99:16 PAL).
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Wild Side Video - No cuts.
- R2 Germany- KSM - No cuts (103:23 NTSC->PAL).
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 17/03/08
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/03/20UPDATE LOG:
28/10/12: Added R0 Czech, R0 HK, R0 UK, R2 France CE and R2 Germany.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
04/12/14: Updated the US edition's specs.
05/05/16: Updated title.
31/12/19: Added France single.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
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