| Description |
2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion Collection |
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Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray (requires Blu-ray player); region A; monaural; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The story of a sixteenth century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. |
| Note |
Bonus features include documentary, interviews, two hour video conversation between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima, commentary and more. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Samurai films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Mifune, ToshirÅ, 1920-1997.
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Inaba, Yoshio, 1920-1998.
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| Added Title |
Criterion collection.
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Shichinin no samurai (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604652475 |
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1604652470 |
| Standard No. |
715515054911 |
| Music No. |
CC1877BD The Criterion Collection |
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