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The Resource Ichiban utsukushiku : Most beautiful, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa]

Ichiban utsukushiku : Most beautiful, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa]

Label
Ichiban utsukushiku : Most beautiful
Title
Ichiban utsukushiku
Title remainder
Most beautiful
Statement of responsibility
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa]
Title variation
Most beautiful
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
Presents the story of a group of girls who work in a precision-optical-instruments factory, making lenses, binoculars, etc., during wartime in Japan. This was filmed in a real factory with real workers which gives the movie a documentary flavor
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematographer, Obara Jōji ; music, Suzuki Seiichi ; art, Abe Teruaki
Language note
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English
PerformerNote
Shimura Takashi, Kiyokawa Sōji, Sugai Ichirō, Irie Takako, Tanima Sayuri, Yaguchi Yoko
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1998,
  • 1905-1982,
  • 1911-1995,
  • 1922-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kurosawa, Akira
  • Itō, Motohiko,
  • Usami, Jin,
  • Shimura, Takashi
  • Kiyokawa, Soji,
  • Sugai, Ichiro,
  • Irie, Takako
  • Tanima, Sayuki
  • Yaguchi, Yoko,
  • Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
85
Series statement
Series 23, the first films of Akira Kurosawa
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Women's volunteer labor corps
Technique
live action
Label
Ichiban utsukushiku : Most beautiful, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa]
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944
  • A foreign film (Japan)
  • "Eclipse from the Criterion Collection"--Disc surface
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
651064644
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (85 min.)
Isbn
9781604653250
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
ECL106
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)651064644
System details
DVD; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC
Terms governing use
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Ichiban utsukushiku : Most beautiful, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa]
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944
  • A foreign film (Japan)
  • "Eclipse from the Criterion Collection"--Disc surface
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
651064644
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (85 min.)
Isbn
9781604653250
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
ECL106
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)651064644
System details
DVD; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC
Terms governing use
Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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