Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: VHS00384

by Akira Kurosawa; Toshirō Mifune;

Format: VHS

Language: Japanese with English subtitles

Publisher: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Cinema, ©1998.

Notes: Originally released in 1957 (125 mins.); Based on the play by Maxim Gorky;

Summary: A poignant adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s play studies a group of destitute people sharing a hovel. Kurosawa creates a brilliant spectrum of characters who differ from one another in degrees of hope, resignation, and compassion: the landlady in love with a thief, the thief spurned by the landlady’s sister, the gambler, the prostitute, and many others, Through their interactions, Kurosawa explores illusion and delusion, delighting in each person’s ability to create an image of himself athat doesn’t match reality.

OCLC #: 44155767