Seven samurai

Seven samurai = Shichinin no samurai

七人の侍 /

DVD - 2006

Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.

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Subjects
Samurai > Drama.
Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 > Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Samurai films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Action and adventure films
Samurai films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection [2006]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社 (production company), Criterion Collection (Firm) (-)
Other Authors
Akira Kurosawa, 1910-1998 (screenwriter), Sōjirō Motoki (film producer), Shinobu Hashimoto, 1918-2018 (actor), Hideo Oguni, 1904-1996, Toshirō Mifune, 1920-1997, Takashi Shimura, 1905-1982, Keiko Tsushima, 1926-2012, Yukio Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, 1905-1985, Daisuke Katō, 1911-1975, Ko Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, 1917-1999, Seiji Miyaguchi, 1913-1985, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, 1894-1971, Yoshio Inaba, 1920-1998
Edition
Special edition, English subtitled version
Item Description
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.
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."
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Awards
Academy Award: Honorary Award - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the U.S. during 1955.
Production Credits
Photography, Asaichi Nakai ; editor, Hiroshi Nezu ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; historical research, Kōhei Ezaki [and others].
ISBN
9781558409972
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