DVD
Seven samurai = Shichinin no samurai
七人の侍 = Seven samurai / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Record details
- ISBN: 1558409975
- ISBN: 6310335847
- ISBN: 9786310335841
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Physical Description:
videodisc
3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Edition: Special edition, English subtitled version.
- Publisher: Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Booklet and disc 3 are missing. Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese. Edition from container and disc label. Series numbering from container spine. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: Disc 1: Two audio commentaries--one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and one by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck; theatrical trailers and teaser; gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes and production stills ; Disc 2: A 50-minute documentary on the making of 'Seven samurai', created as part of the "Toho masterworks" series "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create" ; Disc 3: "My life in cinema", a two-hour video conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima from 1993, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan; "'Seven samurai': origins and influences", a new documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that impacted Kurosawa's masterpiece. Booklet features essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, and Stuart Galbraith IV; tributes from Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet; and a reminiscence by Toshiro Mifune. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1: The film, part one -- Disc 2: The film, part two -- Disc 3: The supplements. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; art direction, Takashi Matsuyama. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect); Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital surround; restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Language Note: | Soundtrack: Japanese; with optional English subtitles. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Award: Honorary Award - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the U.S. during 1955 |
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