Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection 5 Films NEW Arthouse Blu-Ray 4-Disc Set Japan

Description: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brand new, official studio-released Blu-Ray of this great film, imported from United Kingdom ( Shichinin no samurai / Kumonosu-jô / Kakushi-toride no san-akunin / Yojimbo / Tsubaki Sanjûrô ) ( Seven Samurai (7 Samurai) / Throne of Blood / The Hidden Fortress / The Bodyguard / Sanjuro ) This is a Blu-Ray Disc, Region B. This Blu-Ray Disc will play on standard Blu-Ray players in Europe (other than Russia, Ukraine and Belarus), Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Middle East (including Iran). This Blu-Ray Disc will NOT play on standard Blu-Ray players in USA, Canada, Central and South America, Caribbean, Asia countries (other than Middle East), Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Blu-Ray Discs will not play on any regular (not Blu-Ray) DVD player. This Blu-Ray Disc will NOT play on standard Blu-Ray players in USA, Canada, Central and South America, Caribbean, Asia countries (other than Middle East), Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. 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FILM DETAILS Original Title: Shichinin no samurai / Kumonosu-jô / Kakushi-toride no san-akunin / Yojimbo / Tsubaki Sanjûrô Alternate Title: Seven Samurai (7 Samurai) / Throne of Blood / The Hidden Fortress / The Bodyguard / Sanjuro Screened, competed or awarded at:BAFTA Awards Berlin International Film Festival Oscar Academy Awards Venice Film Festival Other Film Festival Awards Language Selections:English ( Subtitles ) Japanese ( Dolby Linear PCM ) Japanese ( Mono ) Product Origin/Format:United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B ) Running Time:660 min Aspect Ratio:Fullscreen Special Features:Box Set Cast/Crew Interview(s) Commentary Interactive Menu Multi-DVD Set Scene Access Trailer(s) Black & White Booklet Movie filmed in 1954 - 1962 and produced in:Country: Japan ( Region: India, Eastern Asia ) Directed By:Akira Kurosawa Written By:Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto Hideo Oguni Ryûzô Kikushima Actors:Toshirô Mifune ..... Kikuchiyo Takashi Shimura ..... Kanbei Keiko Tsushima ..... Shino Yukiko Shimazaki ..... Wife Kamatari Fujiwara ..... Farmer Manzo Daisuke Katô ..... Shichiroji Isao Kimura ..... Katsushiro Minoru Chiaki ..... Heihachi Seiji Miyaguchi ..... Kyuzo Yoshio Kosugi ..... Farmer Mosuke Bokuzen Hidari ..... Farmer Yohei Yoshio Inaba ..... Gorobei Katayama Yoshio Tsuchiya ..... Farmer Rikichi Kokuten Kôdô ..... Old Man Gisaku Eijirô Tono ..... Thief Toshirô Mifune ..... Taketoki Washizu Isuzu Yamada ..... Lady Asaji Washizu Takashi Shimura ..... Noriyasu Odagura Akira Kubo ..... Yoshiteru Miki Hiroshi Tachikawa ..... Kunimaru Tsuzuki Minoru Chiaki ..... Yoshiaki Miki Takamaru Sasaki ..... Kuniharu Tsuzuki Gen Shimizu ..... Military Commander Kokuten Kôdô ..... Washizu's workman Kichijirô Ueda ..... Old Woman at castle Eiko Miyoshi ..... Old Ghost Woman Chieko Naniwa ..... Second Military Commander Nakajirô Tomita ..... Washizu samurai Yû Fujiki ..... Washizu samurai Sachio Sakai Toshirô Mifune ..... General Rokurota Makabe Minoru Chiaki ..... Tahei Kamatari Fujiwara ..... Matashichi Susumu Fujita ..... General Hyoe Tadokoro Takashi Shimura ..... The Old General, Izumi Nagakura Misa Uehara ..... Princess Yuki Eiko Miyoshi ..... Old Lady-in-Waiting Toshiko Higuchi ..... Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader Yû Fujiki ..... Barrier guard Yoshio Tsuchiya ..... Samurai on horse Kokuten Kôdô ..... Old man in front of sign Takeshi Katô ..... Fleeing, bloody samurai Kôji Mitsui ..... Guard Toranosuke Ogawa ..... Magistrate of the bridge barrier Kichijirô Ueda ..... Slave Trader Toshirô Mifune ..... Sanjuro Kuwabatake The Samurai ..... Unosuke, gunfighter Tatsuya Nakadai ..... Nui Yôko Tsukasa ..... Orin Isuzu Yamada ..... Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother Daisuke Katô ..... Seibê - brothel operator Seizaburô Kawazu ..... Tokuemon, sake brewer Takashi Shimura ..... Yoichiro Hiroshi Tachikawa ..... Kohei's Son Yôsuke Natsuki ..... Gonji, tavern keeper Eijirô Tono ..... Tazaemon Kamatari Fujiwara ..... Hansuke Ikio Sawamura ..... The Cooper (Coffin-Maker) Atsushi Watanabe ..... Homma, instructor who skips town Susumu Fujita ..... Ushitora Kyû Sazanka Toshirô Mifune ..... Sanjûrô Tsubaki The Samurai ..... Hanbei Muroto Tatsuya Nakadai ..... The Spy Keiju Kobayashi ..... Iori Izaka Yûzô Kayama ..... Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter Reiko Dan ..... Kurofuji Takashi Shimura ..... Takebayashi Kamatari Fujiwara ..... Mutsuta's wife Takako Irie ..... Kikui Masao Shimizu ..... Mutsuta, the Chamberlain Yûnosuke Itô ..... Samurai Akira Kubo ..... Samurai Hiroshi Tachikawa ..... Samurai Yoshio Tsuchiya ..... Samurai Kunie Tanaka ..... Samurai Tatsuyoshi Ehara Synopsis:Seven Samurai (1954) A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. Throne of Blood (1957) In the 16th Century in Japan, the brave generals Taketori Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Yoshiaki Miki (Minoru Chiaki) are invited to visit their lord in his castle after a battle wined by them against a traitor general. The Hidden Fortress (1958) During Japan's feudal wars, two cowardly farmers stumble upon an attempt by a defeated army general to get the last member of his ruling house - a wilful young princess - to safety in friendly territory. The Bodyguard (1961) Story of one-time samurai who takes on the job as bodyguard to a warring faction in a small village. Sanjuro (1962) A group of idealistic young men, determined to clean up the corruption in their town, are aided by a scruffy, cynical samurai who does not at all fit their concept of a noble warrior. Seven Samurai (1954) In the Sixteenth Century, in Japan, a poor village is frequently looted by armed bandits losing their crop of rice. Their patriarch Grandpa advises the villagers to hire a Ronin to defend their village. Four farmers head to town to seek out their possible protectors, but they just can offer three meals of rice per day and lodging for the samurai. They succeed in hiring the warming-hearted veteran Kambei Shimada that advises that they need six other samurai to protect their lands. Kambei recruits the necessary five samurai and the brave jester Kikuchiyo and move to the village. After a feared reception, Kambei plots a defense strategy and the samurai start training the farmers how to defend their lands and families for the battle that approaches. Throne of Blood (1957) A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor... The Hidden Fortress (1958) Princess Yuki Akizuki ('Yukihime' in Japanese) is to be led through enemy territory, where she may rebuild her kingdom with gold that she has in her caravan. She is assisted by her trusted general, Rokurota Makabe, who insists that she masquarades as a mute farmer. Two minions, Tahei and Matashichi help unknowingly, as they believe they will get a piece of the gold if they help the princess attain her goals. The Bodyguard (1961) Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him. Sanjuro (1962) In Japan circa Eighteenth Century, nine young men decide to present an accusation of corruption in their clan to the local superintendent. However, the group is betrayed, but the ronin Sanjûrô Tsubaki (Toshirô Mifune) saves them from the superintendent's men. The uncle of the leader of the rebel clansmen, the Chamberlain Mutsuta (Yûnosuke Itô), is kidnapped, and his wife and daughter are detained and made prisoner of the superintendent, and he tries to force Mutsuta to write a fake confession letter declaring being corrupt. Sanjûrô helps the group to rescue the Chamberlain and his family. Seven Samurai (1954): A desperate village hires seven samurai to protect it from marauders in this crown jewel of Japanese cinema. No other film so seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action. Featuring Japan's legendary star, the great Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is an inspired epic, a triumph of art, and an unforgettable three-hour ride. Throne of Blood (1957): Kurosawa's transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to sixteenth century Japan is, like the great Russian adaptations of 'King Lear' and 'Hamlet', immensely successful in capturing the 'spirit' of the original. Any loss in language or characterisation is more than compensated by the evocation of the misty and forbidding locale, the bravura ghostly apparitions, and the fascinating incursions of specifically Japanese elements, such as the echoes of Noh drama. The Hidden Fortress (1958): A story of rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress, The Hidden Fortress is a thrilling mix of fairy story and samurai action movie. It was Kurosawa's first film shot in the widescreen process of Tohoscope, and he exploited this to the full in the film's rich variety of landscape locations, including the slopes of Mount Fuji. Yojimbo (1961): Donning his sword again, Toshiro Mifune (he was the `crazy' one in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai) allows fate to lead him into an un-named town. Showing his prowess with the Samurai sword within minutes of arrival, the town's two rival factions are soon competing for his services, only to ultimately bring about their own mutual destruction. Sanjuro (1962): Sequel to Kurosawa's own Yojimbo in which the crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent... US/CANADA/MEXICO BUYER WARNING o WARNING: Please note that we sell NTSC/Region 1 DVDs from USA and PAL/Region 2&4 DVDs from other countries. If you have a standard DVD player bought in USA/Canada, and you have not specifically selected it to be able to play multi- region DVDs, please don't bid on PAL Region 2 & Region 4 DVDs - your player will not be able to play them. Only NTSC, Region 1 DVDs are playable on a standard US/Canadian DVD player. o For our recommendations for the inexpensive, quality Multi-Region DVD player available in USA stores, or to check if your DVD player is PAL/NTSC and multi-Region compatible, please click here. o Thank you for checking the compatibility of your DVD player before placing your welcome bid. 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