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Series
Criterion collection volume 267
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox.
Series
Criterion collection volume 596
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name, "Three outlaw samurai" is a classic in its own right. A wandering, seen-it-all ronin becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, it's an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Description
"In his final portrayal of the Yojimbo charachter, Mifune is hired to perform a mission so mysterious, he isn't told what it is. All he knows is that he is supposed to go to a remote mountain pass and wait for something to happen!"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 280
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
8) 13 assassins
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A clan lord orders an aging swordsman to have his son marry the lord's mistress, but reverses his decision after the young couple falls in love. The samurai rebels against his master when the master demands back his mistress, who has become the samurai's beloved daughter in law.
10) Chushingura
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor.
11) Yojimbo
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray 110 (min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wily samurai turns a war between two clans to his advantage.
12) Seven samurai
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Description
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...
13) The hidden blade
Publisher
Tartan Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 132 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan...
Series
Publisher
Pathenon Entertainment Ltd
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 50 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
Japan's legendary samurai warriors were known for their diehard courage and loyalty to a strict code of honor. For nearly a thousand years, this dedicated caste of fighters dominated Japanese society. It was the samurai clans who gave Japan its effective rules, the shoguns and the men who served them faithfully.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Description
"What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history's most intriguing and secretive figures" -- Amazon.com.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
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