七人の侍 / Shichinin no samurai : Seven samurai

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998]

1 videodisc (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

video file DVD video

This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the tale revolves around young Katsushiro's coming-of-age, both sexually and emotionally. Kikuchiyo's search for acceptance forms the other major storyline. Indeed, everyone in Seven Samurai is searching: for adventure, for experience, for freedom from their oppressors.

Criterion collection ; 2

Classic collection

Criterion collection ; 2.

Classic collection (Criterion Collection (Firm))

Samurai -- 16th century -- Drama.

Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.

Samurai films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

黒澤明, 1910-1998. / Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.

本木荘二郎. / Motoki, Sōjirō

橋本忍, 1918- / Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018

小国英雄, 1904-1996. / Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.

三船敏郎, 1920-1997. / Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.

志村喬, 1905-1982. / Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. / Janus Films.

東宝株式会社. / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha. / Criterion Collection (Firm) / Home Vision (Firm)

Shichinin no samurai (Motion picture)

Title on disc surface and container: Akira Kurosawa's seven samurai

三船敏郎, 志村喬, 津島恵子, 島崎雪子, 藤原釜足, 加東大介, 木村功, 千秋實, 宮口精二. / Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Tsushima Keiko, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Special features: Standard version (1.33:1) -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original U.S. theatrical trailer -- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition -- Restored picture and sound -- Language: Japanese -- Subtitles: English.

0780020685

SEV040

037429121726