| Description |
3 videodiscs (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. ; + 1 pamphlet (55 p. : b & w ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Series |
50 years of Janus Films
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| System Details |
DVD; mono; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Tsushima Keiko, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi. |
| Credits |
Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; photography, Asaichi Nakai ; editor, Hiroshi Nezu ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1954. |
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Original Japanese title: Shichinin no samurai. |
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Accompanied by text with the title Seven samurai a film by Akira Kurosawa, cataloged separately for the Stacks. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
This epic 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. |
| Subject |
Samurai -- 16th century -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Japan.
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Samurai films.
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Foreign films.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Subject |
Japan -- In motion pictures.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Motoki, Sojiro.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Mifune, Toshiro, 1920-1997.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Janus Films.
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Toho Kabushiki Kaisha.
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| Added Title |
7 samurai |
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Shichinin no samurai. Japanese.
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Essential art house.
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| ISBN |
0780020685 |
| Music No. |
CC1649D Janus Films |
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