Seven samurai  [videorecording] / 
Original Japanese title:  Shichinin no samurai 
Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira  Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. 
 - Special ed 
 - [Irvington, N.Y.] :  Criterion Collection,  2010. 
 - 2 videodiscs (207 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) 
 - The Criterion collection ;  2 .
 - Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs);  2 .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Disc 1: The film -- Disc 2: The supplements 
<br/><br/>Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ;  Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; 
<br/><br/>Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko  Shimazaki 
<br/><br/> Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose  desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to  protect them from invading bandits 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD (NTSC ; area code: 1) ; Dolby digital surround ; widescreen 
<br/><br/><br/>In Japanese with optional subtitles in English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1558409975 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Samurai--Drama.<br/>Feature films--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4372  / SEV 2010