| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; mono. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayam, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Masao Shimizu, Yunosuke Ito, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kunie Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata, Toranosuke Ogawa, Kenzo Matsui, Tatsuhiko Hari. |
| Credits |
Production design by, Yoshiro Muraki ; music by ,Masaru Sato ; assistant director, Shiro Moritani ; production manager, Hiroshi Nezu ; swordplay instructor, Ryu Kuze. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "Peaceful days" by Shugoro Yamamoto. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
In Kurosawa's sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a "proper" samurai on its ear. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Rōnin -- Drama.
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Samurai -- Drama.
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Political corruption -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Samurai films.
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Feature films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Swashbuckler films.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Producer. Screenwriter. Director.
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Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967.
Hibi heian.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997. Producer.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996. Screenwriter.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989. Producer. Screenwriter.
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Koizumi, Fukuzo. Cinematographer.
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Saitō, Takao, 1929-2014. Cinematographer.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- Actor.
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Kobayashi, Keiju. Actor.
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Dan, Reiko. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985. Actor.
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Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975. Actor.
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Ito, Yūnosuke. Actor.
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Kubo, Akira. Actor.
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Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927-2017. Actor.
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Tanaka, Kunie, 1932-2021. Actor.
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Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984. Actor.
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Satō, Masaru, 1928-1999. Composer.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Tsubaki Sanjūrō |
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AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D20 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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