The Criterion Collection
Akira Kurosawa: Four Samurai Classics
Details by Film
Sanjuro
Year: 1962
Time: 96
Aspect Ratio
2.35:1
Audio
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Streaming Options
Seven Samurai
Year: 1954
Time: 207
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audio
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Streaming Options
The Hidden Fortress
Year: 1958
Time: 139
Aspect Ratio
2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Japanese 3.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
Streaming Options
Yojimbo
Year: 1961
Time: 110
Aspect Ratio
2.35:1
Audio
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Streaming Options
Sanjuro
| Seven Samurai
| The Hidden Fortress
| Yojimbo
Licensor
Toho Co.
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Featuring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Keiju Kobayashi, Keiko Tsushima, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yuzo Kayama, Takashi Shimura, Yukio Shimazaki, Minoru Chiaki, Misa Uehara, Seizaburo Kawazu, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isuzu Yamada, Ko Kimura, Takako Irie, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Daisuke Kato, Yanosuke Ito, Kyu Sazanka, Seiji Miyaguchi, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Kosugi, Ikio Sawamura, Bokuzen Hidari, Ko Nishimura, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Toko Tsukasa
This collection includes four of Japanese master director Akira Kurosawa's greatest samurai epics. Titles included are HIDDEN FORTRESS (1959), YOJIMBO (1961), SANJURO (1954), and THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954). See individual titles for further details.
Technical Specifications
Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1 , 2.35:1 , 2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio:
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, Japanese 3.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
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Subtitles:
English
Region:
1
Discs:
4 Discs |
DVD-5/DVD-9
Supplements
- Audio commentary by Michael Jeck
- Original US theatrical trailer
- Essay by David Ehrenstein
- Theatrical trailer
- Insert featuring an essay by Alexander Sesonske
- Original theatrical trailer, with rare behind-the-scenes footage
- Insert featuring an essay by Michael Sragow
- Interview from 2001 with filmmaker George Lucas about Kurosawa
- Trailer
- Insert featuring an essay by Armond White
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Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
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Release Credits
Artwork: Fernando Music
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Artwork: Olga Krigman
Artwork: Bill McMullen
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