This title is also available in the box set Yojimbo & Sanjuro
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Toho Co.
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Featuring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura, Takako Irie, Yanosuke Ito
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a "proper" samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but just as engaging, this classic character's return is a masterpiece in its own right, now presented in a new high-definition digital transfer.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
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Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, Japanese 3.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
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English
Region:
1
Discs:
1 Disc |
DVD-9
Supplements
- Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
- A 35-minute documentary on the making of Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create, featuring Akira Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami
- Theatrical teaser and trailer
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Sragow and comments from Akira Kurosawa and his cast and crew
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Release Credits
Producer: Curtis Tsui
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
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