| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 53.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. or 3.0, high-definition transfer. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūzo Kayama, Reiko Dan. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Fukuzō Koizumi, Takao Saitō ; music, Masaru Satō. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Based on the novel by Yamamoto Shūgorō. |
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Special features: theatrical trailer and teaser, audio commentary soundtrack by film historian Stephen Prince, a 45 min. documentary on the making of the film and stills gallery. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
A group of young men set out to clean up the corruption in their town. They are joined by a scruffy, cynical samurai who doesn't fit their concept of how a warrior should look and act. |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Corruption -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Young men -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Samurai films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Foreign films Japan.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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Kobayashi, Keiju.
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Kayama, Yūzō, 1937-
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Dan, Reiko.
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Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967.
Tsubaki Sanjūrō.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Sanjuro |
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Title on container and booklet: Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro |
| Added Title |
Tsubaki Sanjūrō |
| ISBN |
193412107X |
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9781934121078 |
| Standard No. |
715515020923 |
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