Motoki, Sojiro. Kurosawa, Akira 1910-1998 Hashimoto, Shinobu 1918- Oguni, Hideo 1904-1996 Mifune, Toshiråo 1920-1997 Shimura, Takashi 1905-1982 Tsushima, Keiko. Shimazaki, Yukiko. Fujiwara, Kamatari. Katåo, Daisuke 1911-1975 Kimura, Isao 1923-1981 Chiaki, Minoru 1917-1999 Miyaguchi, Seiji 1913-1985 Kosugi, Yoshio. Hidari, Bokuzen. Inaba, Yoshio. Tsuchiya, Yoshio. Nakai, Asakazu 1901-1988 Matsuyama, So 1908-1977 Hayasaka, Fumio 1914-1955 Desser, David. Mellen, Joan. Prince, Stephen 1955- Rayns, Tony. Richie, Donald 1924- Jeck, Michael. åOshima, Nagisa 1932- Turan, Kenneth. Cowie, Peter. Kemp, Philip. Chiao, Peggy. Silver, Alain 1947- Galbraith, Stuart 1965- Penn, Arthur 1922- Lumet, Sidney 1924- Janus Films Tåohåo Kabushiki Kaisha Criterion Collection (Firm) moving image videorecording Feature films. Foreign films-Japan. Samurai films. Adventure films. Adventure-Feature. Feature films. Adventure films. ja Irvington, N.Y.] Criterion Collection 2006 Special ed. , English subtitled version. monographic jpn eng

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3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Disc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc 3: The supplements. general Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese. Edition from container and disc label. Series numbering from container spine. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Special features: Disc 1: Two audio commentaries--one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and one by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck; theatrical trailers and teaser; gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes and production stills ; Disc 2: A 50-minute documentary on the making of 'Seven samurai', created as part of the "Toho masterworks" series "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create" ; Disc 3: "My life in cinema", a two-hour video conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima from 1993, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan; "'Seven samurai': origins and influences", a new documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that impacted Kurosawa's masterpiece. Booklet features essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, and Stuart Galbraith IV; tributes from Arthur Penn and Signey Lumet; and a reminiscence by Toshiro Mifune. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya. DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson. a-ja--- Samurai Drama Japan History Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 Drama Samurai 16th century Drama Japan History Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 Drama CM DVD 01199 791.43/72 CC1649D Criterion Collection Midwest Tape 715515019927 DPL 060920 20230410123856.0 82642