Seven samurai
(DVD)
Contributors
Motoki, Sōjirō, film producer.
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor.
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor.
Published
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006].
Edition
Special edition, English subtitled version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Redwood Campus
Japanese DVD Seven 1954
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Japanese DVD Seven 1954
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Subjects
LC Subjects
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Action and adventure films -- Japan.
Adventure -- Feature.
Adventure -- Feature.
Adventure films.
Adventure films.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Foreign films -- Japan.
Foreign films.
Foreign films.
Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
Japanese language films.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Samurai -- 16th century -- Drama.
Samurai films -- Japan.
Adventure -- Feature.
Adventure -- Feature.
Adventure films.
Adventure films.
Feature films -- Japan.
Feature films.
Foreign films -- Japan.
Foreign films.
Foreign films.
Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
Japanese language films.
Motion pictures -- Japan.
Samurai -- 16th century -- Drama.
Samurai films -- Japan.
More Details
Published
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special edition, English subtitled version.
Language
jpn
UPC
715515019927
Notes
General Note
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.
General Note
Edition from container and disc label.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
General Note
Series numbering from container spine.
General Note
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.
General Note
Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; art direction, Takashi Matsuyama.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
System Details
DVD; region 1; full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect); Dolby Digital mono, Dolby Digital surround; NTSC; restored high-definition digital transfer.
Language
Soundtrack: Japanese; with optional English subtitles.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Motoki, S., Kurosawa, A., Mifune, T., Shimura, T., Chiaki, M., Fujiwara, K., Hashimoto, S., Hayasaka, F., Hidari, B., Inaba, Y., Katō, D., Kimura, I., Kosugi, Y., Matsuyama, S., Miyaguchi, S., Nakai, A., Oguni, H., Shimazaki, Y., Tsuchiya, Y., & Tsushima, K. (2006). Seven samurai (Special edition, English subtitled version.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sōjirō, Motoki et al.. 2006. Seven Samurai. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sōjirō, Motoki et al.. Seven Samurai Criterion Collection, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Motoki, Sōjirō,, et al. Seven Samurai Special edition, English subtitled version., Criterion Collection, 2006.
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