Yojimbo : The bodyguard /

In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994, Sawamura, Ikio, Kawazu, Seizaburo, Fujiwara, Kamatari, Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012, Watanabe, Atsushi, Sazanka, Kiji, Tsukasa, Yōko, 1934-, Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [1999]
Edition:	Widescreen ed.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 52. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:	Japan > In motion pictures. Motion pictures, Japanese. Foreign films. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness.
Item Description:	Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles. Videodisc release of the 1961 motion picture. Special features : theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD ; Dolby digital ; single layer ; aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Akira Kurosawa ; music, Masaru Sato ; costumes, Yoshiro Muraki.
ISBN:	0780022513