| Description |
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; stereo. |
| Cast |
Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Kenichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Otaki Hideji, Ryu Daisuke, Yui Masayuki, Momoi Kaori , Baisho Mitsuko, Shimura Takashi, Fujiwara Kamatari. |
| Credits |
Production design by, Yoshiro Muraki ; music by, Shinichiro Ikebe. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
Akira Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career: the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a meditation on the nature of power. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Takeda, Shingen, 1521-1573 -- Drama.
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Takeda family -- Drama.
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Samurai -- Drama.
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Feudalism -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- 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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Historical 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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Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- Producer.
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Lucas, George, 1944- Producer.
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Ide, Masato, 1920-1989. Producer.
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Saitō, Takao, 1929-2014. Cinematographer.
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Ueda, Shōji, 1913-2000. Cinematographer.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- Actor.
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Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- Actor.
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Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019. Actor.
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Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016. Actor.
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Ryū, Daisuke. Actor.
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Yui, Masayuki, 1947- Actor.
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Momoi, Kaori. Actor.
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Baishō, Mitsuko. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985. Actor.
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Ikebe, Shin'ichirō. Composer.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Tōhō Eiga, 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. |
AK100D24 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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