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2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages)
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.
Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Originally released as motion picture in 1954.
Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba.
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 2