Seven samurai / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Adira Kurosawa.
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Uniform Title: | Essential Art House: 50 years of Janus films ;
no.36. |
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Language: | Japanese English |
Language of the Original: |
Japanese |
Language and/or Writing System: |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. |
Published: |
[New York] :
Janus Films : Criterion Collection [distributor],
[2006], ©2006.
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Series: | Essential Art House: 50 years of Janus films ;
no.36. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
Shichinin no samurai.
7 samurai.
Fifty years of Janus Films. |
Format: | Video DVD |