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Seven samurai [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Contributor(s): Motoki, Sojiro | Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 | Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918- | Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 | Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 | Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 | Tsushima, Keiko | Shimazaki, Yukiko | Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988 | Matsuyama, So, 1908-1977 | Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 | Janus Films | Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha | Criterion Collection (Firm).
Series: Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs): 2Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2010Edition: Special ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).ISBN: 1558409975.Other title: Shichinin no samurai [Original Japanese title:].Subject(s): Samurai -- Drama | Feature films -- JapanDDC classification: 791.4372
Contents:
Disc 1: The film -- Disc 2: The supplements
Production Credits: Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ;
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko ShimazakiSummary: 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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791.4372 SEV 2010 (Browse shelf) Set of 2 DVDs + 1 booklet 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525185

Title on disc label

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

Booklet features essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, and Stuart Galbraith IV; tributes from Arthur Penn and Signey Lumet; and a reminiscence by Toshiro Mifune.

Disc 1: The film -- Disc 2: The supplements

Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ;

Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

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

DVD (NTSC ; area code: 1) ; Dolby digital surround ; widescreen

In Japanese with optional subtitles in English