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245	0	0	_aSeven Samurai _h[videorecording] / _cJanus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
246			_a7 Samurai
260			_a[Irvington, N.Y.] : _bCriterion Collection, 2006. _c2006
300			_a3 videodiscs (207 min.) : _bsd., b&w ; _c4 3/4 in. + _e1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
490			_925383 _aThe Criterion Collection; _n2
500			_aOriginally released as a motion picture in 1954.
500			_aTitle and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese.
500			_aSeries numbering from container spine.
500			_aSpecial 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. 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.
505			_tDisc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc 3: The supplements.
508			_aCinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama; music, Fumio Hayasaka
511			_a 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			_aTells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
521			_aNot rated
538			_aDVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer.
546			_aIn Japanese, with optional English subtitles
650			_925384 _aSamurai _vDrama _y16th century
651			_925385 _aJapan _vDrama _xHistory _yPeriod of civil wars, 1480-1603
653			_cJune2011
655			_aFeature films
655			_aSamurai films
700			_925386 _aMotoki, Sojiro _epro
700			_925387 _aKurosawa, Akira _d1910-1998 _edrt _eaus _eflm
700			_925388 _aHashimoto, Shinobu _d1918- _eaus
700			_925389 _aOguni, Hideo _d1904-1996 _eaus
700			_925390 _aHayasaka, Fumio _d1914-1955 _ecmp
700			_925391 _aNakai, Asakazu _d1901-1988 _ecng
700			_925392 _aMatsuyama, Takashi _d1901-1988 _eard
700			_925394 _aMifune, Toshiro _d1920-1997 _eact
700			_925396 _aShimura, Takashi _d1905-1982. _eact
700			_925397 _aTsushima, Keiko _eact
700			_925398 _aShimazaki, Yukiko _eact
700			_925399 _aFujiwara, Kamatari _eact
700			_925400 _a Kato, Daisuke _d1911-1975 _eact
700			_925401 _aKimura, Isao _d1923-1981 _eact
700			_925402 _aChiaki, Minoru _d1917-1999 _eact
700			_925403 _aMiyaguchi, Seiji _d1913-1985 _eact
700			_925404 _aKosugi, Yoshio _eact
700			_925405 _aHidari, Bokuzen _eact
700			_925406 _a Inaba, Yoshio _eact
710			_925407 _aJanus Films
710			_925408 _aCriterion Collection (Firm)
710			_925409 _aToho Kabushiki Kaisha
942			_2ddc _cCDVDMOV
999			_c15605 _d15605