| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 52 |
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Classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 52.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1961; English subtitled version c1962. |
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Special features: Original theatrical trailer, new English subtitle translation. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato; executive producers, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Eijiro Tono, Ikio Sawamura, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Isuzu Yamada, Atsushi Watanabi, Kiji Sazanka, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisaku Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai. |
| Summary |
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD; dolby digital; mono; widescreen format. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Rogues and vagabonds -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Samurai films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994.
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Sawamura, Ikio, 1905-1975.
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Kawazu, Seizaburo.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 614-669.
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Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012.
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Watanabe, Atsushi, 1898-1977.
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Sazanka, Kiji.
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Tsukasa, Yōko, 1934-
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
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Janus Films.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Bodyguard |
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Yojimbo, the bodyguard |
| Note |
Title on disc surface and container: Akira Kurosawa's yojimbo |
| ISBN |
0780022513 |
| Standard No. |
037429141328 |
| Music No. |
YOJ030 Criterion Collection |
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