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Kihachi Okamoto's The sword of doom

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN FILMS (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Performers

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yuzo Kayama, Toshiro Mifune.

Publication Information

[United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2005.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This is the thrilling tale of a man who chooses to devote his life to evil. A gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, Ryunosuke kills without remorse, without mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness.

Notes

DVD format ; Dolby digital mono.

Videodisc release of the 1965 motion picture.

Based on the novel by Kaizan Nakazato.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Not rated.

Special features include: An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien ; new and improved English subtitle translation.

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