Description |
1 videodisc (110 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, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kato, Seizaburo Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yosuke Natsuki, Eijiro Tono, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Susumu Fujita, Kyu Sazanka, Ko Nishimura, Takeshi Kato, Akira Tani, Tsunagoro Rashomon, Yoshio Tsuchiya. |
Credits |
Production design by, Yoshiro Muraki ; music by, Masaru Sato ; assistant director, Shiro Moritani ; production manager, Hiroshi Nezu ; swordplay instructor, Yoshio Sugino ; swordplay technique, Ryu Kuze. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
Summary |
To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. |
Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Rōnin -- Drama.
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Bodyguards -- Japan -- Drama.
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Samurai -- Drama.
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Rogues and vagabonds -- Japan -- Drama.
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Political corruption -- Japan -- Gunma-ken -- 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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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997. Producer.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989. Producer. Screenwriter.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- Actor.
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Tsukasa, Yōko, 1934- Actor.
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Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012. Actor.
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975. Actor.
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Kawazu, Seizaburo. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994. Actor.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985. Actor.
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Watanabe, Atsushi, 1898-1977. Actor.
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Fujita, Susumu, 1912-1991. Actor.
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Nishimura, Kō. Actor.
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Katō, Takeshi, 1929-2015. Actor.
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Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927-2017. Actor.
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Sawamura, Ikio, 1905-1975. Actor.
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Sazanka, Kyū, 1914-1971. Actor.
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Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999. Cinematographer.
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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 |
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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Standard No. |
715515052016 |
Music No. |
AK100D19 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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