Seven samurai /

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

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Shichinin no samurai (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors:	Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Motoki, Sojiro, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Tsushima, Keiko, Shimazaki, Yukiko, Fujiwara, Kamatare, Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, Kimura, Isao, 1923-1981, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985, Hidari, Bokuzen, Inaba, Yoshio, Tsuchiya, Yoshio
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[New York] : Janus Films : [2006]
Subjects:	Samurai > 16th century > Drama. Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 > Drama. Samurai films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Action and adventure films. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Item Description:	Originally released as motion picture in 1954. Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films." Full screen presentation. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital mono
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.