Sanjuro = Tsubaki Sanjåuråo

Sanjuro = Tsubaki Sanjåuråo

In Kurosawa's 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Satåo, Masaru, 1928-1999 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Tåohåo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon, Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997 (Producer), Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989 (Producer, Screenwriter), Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 (Screenwriter), Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (Producer, Screenwriter, Director), Koizumi, Fukuzo (Cinematographer), Saitåo, Takao, 1920- (Cinematographer), Mifune, Toshiråo, 1920-1997 (Actor), Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- (Actor), Kobayashi, Keiju (Actor), Dan, Reiko (Actor), Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Actor), Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985 (Actor), Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975 (Actor), Ito, Yunosuke (Actor), Kubo, Akira (Actor), Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927- (Actor), Tanaka, Kunie, 1932- (Actor), Hirata, Akihiko, 1927-1984 (Actor), Yamamoto, Shåugoråo, 1903-1967
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009, 1962.
Series:	Criterion Collection. 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
Subjects:	Samurai > Drama. Feature films > Japan. Fiction films. Foreign films. Samurai films. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	In Kurosawa's 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.
Item Description:	Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set. Based on the novel "Peaceful days" by Shugoro Yamamoto. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa with book included (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.).
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; mono.
Production Credits:	Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Toho-Kurosawa Production ; produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Ryuzo Kikushima ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography by Fukuzo Koizumi and Takao Saito ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. ;Production design by Yoshiro Muraki ; music by Masaru Sato ; assistant director, Shiro Moritani ; production manager, Hiroshi Nezu ; swordplay instructor, Ryu Kuze.
ISBN:	9781604652260 (set) 1604652268 (set)
Access:	For face-to-face teaching only, no public performance license.