Kiru : Kill! /

"In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefer...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Okamoto, Kihachi, 1924-2005, Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-, Hoshi, Yuriko, Takahashi, Etsushi, 1935-1996, Nakamaru, Tadao, Kubo, Akira, Koyama, Shigeru, 1929-, Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994, Kishida, Shin, Nakamura, Atsuo, 1940-, Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with optional new and improved English subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2005.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 313.
Subjects:	Samurai films. Samurai > Drama. Action and adventure films. Comedy films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films.

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Summary:	"In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, Kill! playfully tweaks samurai film convention, borrowing elements from established chanbara classics and seasoning them with a little Italian western"--Container.
Item Description:	"Janus Films." Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Story by Shugoro Yamamoto. A foreign film (Japan). Aspect ratio 2.35:1; enhanced for 16:9 televisions. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Accompanying insert includes a new essay by film and culture critic Howard Hampton. Special feature: Original theatrical trailer and teaser. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:	DVD; region 1; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Photography by Rokuro Nishigaki ; music by Masaru Sato.
ISBN:	0780030362