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The samurai trilogy : three films / by Hiroshi Inagaki ; Toho Company Ltd. ; producer, Kazuo Takimura ; screenplay, Tokuhei Wakao and Hiroshi Inagaki ; director, Hiroshi Inagaki.

稲垣浩, 瀧村和男, 若尾德平, 北條秀司, 三船敏郎, 三國連太郎, 尾上九郎右衛門, 鶴田浩二, 岡田茉莉子, 八千草薰, 嵯峨三智子, 團伊玖磨, 吉川英治, 東宝株式会社. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2159D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 14. | Criterion collection ; 15. | Criterion collection ; 16.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012], ©1954-©1956.Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 300 minutes: 93, 103, 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604656022
  • 1604656026
Other title:
  • Three films by Hiroshi Inagaki
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc 1. Miyamoto Musashi = Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954 : 93 minutes)-- disc 2. Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō = Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955 : 103 minutes)-- disc 3. Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: kettō Ganryūjima = Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956 : 104 minutes).
Production credits:
  • Directors of photography, Jun Yasumoto, Kazuo Yamada ; art director, Makoto Sono ; editors, Hideshi Ohi, Hirokazu Iwashita ; original music, Ikuma Dan ; production designer, Kisaku Ito.
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga.Summary: A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
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Holdings
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WORLD SAMURAI Checked out 05/16/2024 33111009913969
Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Samurai Trilogy was one of Japan's most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that's often called Japan's Gone With The Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth-century swordsman.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Collective title from container.

Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga.

Directors of photography, Jun Yasumoto, Kazuo Yamada ; art director, Makoto Sono ; editors, Hideshi Ohi, Hirokazu Iwashita ; original music, Ikuma Dan ; production designer, Kisaku Ito.

From Hideji Hojo's dramatization of the novel Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa.

Originally produced as motion pictures in 1954, 1955 and 1956.

A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.

880-01 disc 1. Miyamoto Musashi = Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954 : 93 minutes)-- disc 2. Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō = Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955 : 103 minutes)-- disc 3. Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: kettō Ganryūjima = Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956 : 104 minutes).

Special features: Original theatrical trailer; three part interview: On Musashi Miyamoto, with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; booklet written by Stephen Prince and William Scott Wilson.

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