04022ngm a22006137a 4500 a|||||s|||||00| 0 tz 110616s2006 nyu|||||s|||| 00| 0 eng d 791.4372 SEV 22 Seven Samurai [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. 7 Samurai [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006. 2006 3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) 25383 The Criterion Collection; 2 Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese. Series numbering from container spine. 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. Disc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc 3: The supplements. Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama; music, Fumio Hayasaka Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya. Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Not rated DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles 25384 Samurai Drama 16th century 25385 Japan Drama History Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 June2011 Feature films Samurai films 25386 Motoki, Sojiro pro 25387 Kurosawa, Akira 1910-1998 drt aus flm 25388 Hashimoto, Shinobu 1918- aus 25389 Oguni, Hideo 1904-1996 aus 25390 Hayasaka, Fumio 1914-1955 cmp 25391 Nakai, Asakazu 1901-1988 cng 25392 Matsuyama, Takashi 1901-1988 ard 25394 Mifune, Toshiro 1920-1997 act 25396 Shimura, Takashi 1905-1982. act 25397 Tsushima, Keiko act 25398 Shimazaki, Yukiko act 25399 Fujiwara, Kamatari act 25400 Kato, Daisuke 1911-1975 act 25401 Kimura, Isao 1923-1981 act 25402 Chiaki, Minoru 1917-1999 act 25403 Miyaguchi, Seiji 1913-1985 act 25404 Kosugi, Yoshio act 25405 Hidari, Bokuzen act 25406 Inaba, Yoshio act 25407 Janus Films 25408 Criterion Collection (Firm) 25409 Toho Kabushiki Kaisha ddc CDVDMOV 15605 15605 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2011-06-16 Purchase 12344 1 1 791.4372 SEV 000024229 2022-08-24 00:00:00 2021-01-03 2011-06-16 CDVDWBB 3 DVDs, 321.00 for DVDs+1 Booklet 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2011-06-16 Purchase 12344 0 791.4372 SEV 000024230 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2011-06-16 BB 1 Booklet, 321.00 for DVDs+1 Booklet