Seven samurai, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Adira Kurosawa
Label
Seven samurai, Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Adira Kurosawa
Note
Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the JapaneseEdition from disc label and containerSeries numbering from container spineDVD release of the 1954 motion pictureSpecial features: Disc 1: The film, part I (112 min.); 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: The film, part II (95 min.); 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: The supplements: "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 masterpieceBooklet 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
Acquisition source address
Midwest Tape
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
resource.creditsNote
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special ed., English subtitled version.
Medium for sound
videodisc
Participant note
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (207 min.), sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific Material Designation
videodisc
System control number
ocm71367893
System details
DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer
Upc
715515019927
Video recording publisher number
CC1649D -- Criterion Collection
Videorecording format
DVD
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