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The story of a sixteenth century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Bonus features include documentary, interviews, two hour video conversation between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima, commentary.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors: Motoki, Sojiro, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Inaba, Yoshio, 1920-1998
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 2.
Subjects:
Samurai > 16th century > Drama.
Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 > Drama.
Samurai films.
Action and adventure films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:The story of a sixteenth century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Bonus features include documentary, interviews, two hour video conversation between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima, commentary.
Item Description:Originally released as motion picture in 1954.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages)
Format:Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
ISBN:9781604652475
1604652470