2 videodiscs (207 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches monochrome digital optical surround DTS-HD Master Audio HDTV video file Blu-ray video region A
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG
Other Title:
7 samurai Shichinin no samurai (Motion picture) [Blu-ray]
Notes:
Bonus features: Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck; 50-min. documentary on the making of Seven samurai, created as part of the Toho masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is wonderful to create; My life in cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima; "Seven samurai": origins and influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece; theatrical trailers and teaser; gallery of rare posters, behind-the-scenes photos, and production stills; a booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet, and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993 Originally released as a motion picture in 1954 Title from container Production, Sojiro Motoki ; director, Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni ; photography, Asaichi Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukio Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Ko Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba Blu-ray (requires Blu-ray player); region A; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; uncompressed monophonic, DTS-HD Master Audio For private home use only Japanese dialogue; English subtitles
