隠し砦の三悪人

Kakushi toride no san akunin Hidden fortress

DVD 2014

A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one. A general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. Delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wr...

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Edition:

Director-approved, dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition (DVD only)

Description:

1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
monochrome
digital optical mono Dolby
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: not rated

Other Title:

Title on disc label: Hidden fortress [DVD]
Also known as: Three villains of the hidden fortress [DVD]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1958
Special features: New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince; Documentary from 2003 on the making of the film; Interview from 2001 with filmmaker George Lucas about Kurosawa; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; a booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Catherine Russell
Cinematography by Ichio Yamazaki ; music by Masaru Sato ; editor, Akira Kurosawa ; production design, Yoshiro Muraki ; costume design, Masahiro Katô
Cinematograpy, 山崎市雄 ; art direction, 村木興四郎 ; sound, 矢野口文雄, 下永尚 ; music, 佐藤勝
Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Misa Uehara
三船敏郎, 千秋実, 藤原鎌足, 藤田進, 上原美佐
Set ISBN: 9781604658101 160465810X
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono sound
New 2 K digital restoration
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

996253

UPC:

715515113212

Other Authors:

Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Fujimoto, Masumi, 1910-1979
Fujita, Susumu, 1912-1991, actor
Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985, actor
Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989, screenwriter
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, film producer, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company
Uehara, Misa, actor
三船敏郎, 1920-1997, actor
上原美佐, actor
千秋実, 1917-1999, actor
志村乔, 1905-1982, actor
東宝株式会社, production company
菊島隆三, 1914-1989, screenwriter
藤木悠, 1912-1991, actor
藤本眞澄, 1910-1979
黑沢明, 1910-1998, film producer, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work

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