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
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Motoki, Sojiro, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Tsushima, Keiko, Shimazaki, Yukiko, Fujiwara, Kamatari, Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, Kimura, Isao, 1923-1981, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985, Kosugi, Yoshio, Hidari, Bokuzen, Inaba, Yoshio, Tsuchiya, Yoshio, Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988, Matsuyama, So, 1908-1977, Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, Desser, David, Mellen, Joan, Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020, Rayns, Tony, Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, Jeck, Michael C., Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013, Turan, Kenneth, Cowie, Peter, Kemp, Philip, Jiao, Xiongping, Silver, Alain, 1947-, Galbraith, Stuart, 1965-, Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010, Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006.
Edition:	Special ed., English subtitled version.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 2.
Subjects:	Samurai > 16th century > Drama. Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 > Drama. Feature films. Foreign films. Samurai films. Action and adventure films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Adventure > Feature. Adventure 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:	Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese. Edition from container and disc label. Series numbering from container spine. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Special features: Disc 1: Two audio commentaries--one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and one by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck; theatrical trailers and teaser; gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes and production stills ; Disc 2: A 50-minute documentary on the making of 'Seven samurai', created as part of the "Toho masterworks" series "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create" ; Disc 3: "My life in cinema", a two-hour video conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima from 1993, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan; "'Seven samurai': origins and influences", a new documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that impacted Kurosawa's masterpiece. 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. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround; NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson.