Calgary Public Library

Seven Samurai, 人の侍, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku, Motoki Sōjirō ; kyakuhon, Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu, Oguni Hideo ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954Bonus 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

Midwest Tape

black and white

mixed

Photography, Asaichi Nakai ; editor, Hiroshi Nezu ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; historical research, Kōhei Ezaki ... [et al.]

other

Blu-ray edition

9781604652475

videodisc

880-02, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Tsushima Keiko, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi

2 Blu-rays (207 min.), black and white.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)665146408

Blu-ray (requires Blu-ray player); region A; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; uncompressed mono., DTS-HD Master Audio

715515054911

CC1877BD -- The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc