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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
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...
9) 47 Ronin
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From ancient Japan's most enduring tale, the epic fantasy-adventure is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Series
Zatōichi volume 1
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, 1962
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Practicising his trade as a masseur in a small province, Zatoichi finds himself caught in a turf war between rival yakuza gangs. Aware of Zatoichi's reputation as an undefeatable swordsman, yakuza leader Sukejoro tries to hire him -- unsuccessfully -- as a mercenary. But it's too late. The other gang leader, Shigezo hires a warrior with an equally fierce reputation to challenge Zatoichi. Thus, the legend of Zatoichi begins with internsely choreographed...
11) Seven samurai
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sixteenth-century Japanese farming community that has been victimized by bandits year after year hires seven unemployed samurai to help defend them.
12) Samurai marathon
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an aging lord challenges his samurai to a marathon, and secretly sends the princess along, an undercover ninja finds his loyalties tested.
Series
Criterion collection volume 15
Publisher
Classic Collection
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. The trilogy (whose first part won an Academy Award) follows Musashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the second and most violent installment, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Musashi beats a samurai armed with a chain-and sickle and is later set upon by eighty...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nova travels deep into Japan's ancient foundries, following the craft of the traditional sword-smiths and attending Samurai fighting school to reveal the art and science behind making what many call the perfect sword.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (292 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Samurai Jack lives in ancient Japan where his homeland is being ravaged by a mightily and powerful demon named Aku. Jack used his mystical sword to fight him and eventually Jack defeats Aku after a few bouts. But before Jack manages to destroy the demon once and for all, Aku casts a spell that sends Jack into the future, a time when Aku reigns supreme. Now, it is up to Jack to find a way to go back into the past. In order to do so, Jack must wander...
16) Rashomon
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; cm.
Description
"In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now an unknown source has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords--but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Miss Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out"--
18) Yojimbo
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness.
19) Sam Samurai
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 10
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
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