| Description |
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
|
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono. |
| Cast |
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto, Masayuki Mori, Chikayoshi Nishina, Takashi Shimura, Akitake Kono, Yoshio Kosugi, Dekao Yokoo, Chikayoshi Nishina, Yasuo Hisamatsu, Soji Kiyokawa. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Itō Takeo ; music, Hattori Tadashi ; production design , Kubo Kazuo ; editor, Toshio Goto . |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. |
|
Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
Derives from Noh and Kabuki plays depicting a famous twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a small group of samurai cross enemy territory disguised as monks and must persuade border guards to let them through. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Namiki, Gohei, 1789-1855. Kanjinchō -- Film adaptations.
|
|
Narihibiku Ataka no shinseki. Selections. French -- Film adaptations.
|
|
Samurai -- Drama.
|
|
Kabuki -- Drama.
|
|
Nō -- Drama.
|
|
Benkei, -1189? -- Drama.
|
|
Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 -- Drama.
|
| Genre/Form |
Historical films -- Japan.
|
|
Samurai films.
|
|
Film adaptations.
|
|
Feature films.
|
|
Motion pictures, Japanese.
|
|
Foreign language films.
|
| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Screenwriter. Director.
|
|
Itō, Motohiko. Producer.
|
|
Ōkōchi, Denjirō, 1898-1962. Actor.
|
|
Fujita, Susumu, 1912-1991. Actor.
|
|
Enomoto, Ken'ichi, 1904-1970. Actor.
|
|
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973. Actor.
|
|
Iwai, Hanshirō, 1927- Actor.
|
|
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
|
|
Hisamatsu, Yasuo, 1919-1982. Actor.
|
|
Kiyokawa, Soji. Actor.
|
|
Itō, Takeo. Cinematographer.
|
|
Hattori, Tadashi, 1908-2008. Composer.
|
|
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
|
|
Janus Films.
|
|
Criterion Collection (Firm)
|
| Note |
Men who tread on the tiger's tail |
| Added Title |
Kanjincho.
|
|
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
|
| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D4 Criterion Collection |
|
CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
|
