DVD
Yojimbo
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Eijiro Tono, Ikio Sawamura, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Isuzu Yamada, Atsushi Watanabi, Kiji Sazanka, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisaku Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai.
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Summary
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.
Notes
Originally released as motion picture in 1961.
"New and improved English subtitle translation"--Container.
Special features: theatrical trailer and teaser, audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, a 45 min. documentary on the making of the film (part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create), stills gallery, booklet featuring an essay by critic Alexander Sesonske and notes from Kurosawa and his cast and crew.