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Availability: Disc Set - This title is part of a multi-film set. Please see PURCHASING OPTIONS below to purchase. AKA: Shubun Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Takashi Koide Released: 1950 [Japan] Genre: Drama Keywords:  Artist || Court / Trial || Hotel || Japan / Japanese || Journalist / Reporter || Lawyer(s) || Music / Musician / Singer

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Akira Kurosawa Collection [4-Disc Set]

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Plot:	A painter and a popular singer meet at a resort hotel, and scandal-mongering journalists blow it up into a secret romance. The two decide to fight the press in court, and an impoverished old lawyer takes it upon himself to help.
Overview:	A young painter and a popular singer meet very politely by chance at a resort hotel, and scandal-mongering journalists blow it up into a secret romance. The two decide to fight the press in court, and an impoverished old lawyer takes it upon himself to help. They finally make some headway in their case after an unexpected twist of events. Criticising irresponsible, sensationalistic journalism, Kurosawa's film is at one level a soap opera from which every last tear is shamelessly wrung by his established cast. Look closely, however, and you'll detect a caustic parody of the genre it appears to ape and a satire on the Japanese willingness to accept the alien culture thrust upon them by America.
Cast:	Toshiro Mifune  ||  Yoshiko Yamaguchi  ||  Takashi Shimura  ||  Yoko Katsuragi  ||  Fumiko Okamura  ||  Noriko Sengoku  ||  Eitaro Ozawa  ||  Shinichi Himori  ||  Koji Mi  ||  Ichiro Shimizu  ||  Masao Shimizu  ||  Tanie Kitabayashi  ||  Sugisaku Aoyama  ||  Kokuten Kodo  ||  Kichijiro Ueda  ||  Bokuzen Hidari (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	105 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo - Dual Mono)
Subtitles:	Japanese, Korean
Distributor:	Unknown
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Full Screen Mono Black & White DVD-5