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Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Genre Action & Adventure
Format Mono, Special Edition, Blu-ray, NTSC, Black & White, Full Screen, Subtitled
Contributor Noriko Sengoku, Eijiro Tono, Haruo Nakajima, Fumiko Homma, Isao Yamagata, Daisuke Kato, Ko (Isao) Kimura, Shojiro Motoki, Yoshio Inaba, Atsushi Watanabe, Gen Shimizu, Yoshio Kosugi, Senkichi Omura, Isao Kimura, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Kokuten Kodo, Kamatari Fujiwara, Sojin Jr., Kuninori Kodo, Ichiro Chiba, Keiji Sakakida, Kichijiro Ueda, Bokuzen Hidari, Minoru Chiaki, Jiro Kumagai, Ko Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Toranosuke Ogawa See more
Language Japanese, English
Runtime 3 hours and 27 minutes
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Criterion's best-selling edition of Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece

"The source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century." -Roger Ebert

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Special Edition Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Two audio commentaries
  • Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai
  • And more!
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Product Description

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
  • Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
  • My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima
  • “Seven Samurai”: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
  • Theatrical trailers and teaser
  • Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: Essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

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Unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion picture, Seven Samurai has inspired countless films modeled after its basic premise. But Akira Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed in terms of sheer power of emotion, kinetic energy, and dynamic character development. The story is set in the 1600s, when the residents of a small Japanese village are seeking protection against repeated attacks by a band of marauding thieves. Offering mere handfuls of rice as payment, they hire seven unemployed "ronin" (masterless samurai), including a boastful swordsman (Toshiro Mifune) who is actually a farmer's son desperately seeking glory and acceptance. The samurai get acquainted with but remain distant from the villagers, knowing that their assignment may prove to be fatal. The climactic battle with the raiding thieves remains one of the most breathtaking sequences ever filmed. It's poetry in hyperactive motion and one of Kurosawa's crowning cinematic achievements. This is not a film that can be well served by any synopsis; it must be seen to be appreciated (accept nothing less than its complete 203-minute version) and belongs on the short list of any definitive home-video library. --Jeff Shannon

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CTIN1877
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Akira Kurosawa
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Mono, Special Edition, Blu-ray, NTSC, Black & White, Full Screen, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 27 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 19, 2010
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Ko (Isao) Kimura, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Shojiro Motoki
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese (PCM)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003KGBISY
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 2,349 ratings

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4.9 out of 5 stars
4.9 out of 5
2,349 global ratings
A Masterpiece Restored
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A Masterpiece Restored
This is one of my favorite films of all time. It is also one of the most important in cinematic history. Even when I was a kid, the prints were faded and dirty. No more. Now we see "Samurai" in high contrast, vivid imagery that brings out details never seen before. The improvement in the soundtrack is equally impressive. Kurosawa pushed the art form to new highs, now we get to see this great film the way he envisioned it.
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