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245 00 Seven samurai|h[(DVD) videorecording] /|cJanus Films ; 
       Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by
       Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed 
       by Akira Kurosawa. 
246 1  |iOriginal Japanese title:|aShichinin no samurai 
246 3  7 samurai 
250    Special edition , English subtitled version. 
264  1 [Irvington, N.Y.] :|bCriterion Collection,|c2006. 
300    3 videodiscs (207 min.) :|bsound, black and white ;|c4 3/4
       in. +|e1 booklet (55 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    video|bv|2rdamedia 
338    videodisc|bvd|2rdacarrier 
500    Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated 
       from the Japanese. 
500    Edition from container and disc label. 
500    Series numbering from container spine. 
500    Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. 
500    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. 
500    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. 
500    For specific features see interactive menu. 
505 0  Disc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc
       3: The supplements. 
508    Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi 
       Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim 
       Hendrickson. 
511 1  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. 
520    Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose 
       desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to 
       protect them from invading bandits. 
538    DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby 
       Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high
       -definition digital transfer. 
546    In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. 
650  0 Samurai|y16th century|vDrama|vVideodiscs. 
650  0 DVDs. 
651  0 Japan|xHistory|yPeriod of civil wars, 1480-1603|vDrama
       |vVideodiscs. 
655  0 Foreign films|zJapan. 
655  7 Feature films.|2lcgft 
690    FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS. 
700 1  Kurosawa, Akira,|d1910-1998. 
700 1  Mifune, Toshiro,|d1920-1997. 
700 1  Shimura, Takashi,|d1905-1982. 
700 1  Tsushima, Keiko. 
700 1  Shimazaki, Yukiko. 
700 1  Fujiwara, Kamatari. 
700 1  Kato, Daisuke,|d1911-1975. 
700 1  Kimura, Isao,|d1923-1981. 
700 1  Chiaki, Minoru,|d1917-1999. 
700 1  Miyaguchi, Seiji,|d1913-1985. 
700 1  Kosugi, Yoshio. 
700 1  Hidari, Bokuzen. 
700 1  Inaba, Yoshio. 
700 1  Tsuchiya, Yoshio. 
710 2  Janus Films. 
710 2  Criterion Collection (Firm) 
830  0 Criterion collection ;|v2.