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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Library of Congress |
| Transcribing agency |
St. Paul's Library (BOM) |
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| Classification number |
PN1995.9.S24 |
| Item number |
S48 2006 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Seven samurai: |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Adira Kurosawa |
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[videorecording] |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Shichinin no samurai |
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Original Japanese title: |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[New York] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Janus Films : |
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Criterion Collection [distributor] , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
3 videodiscs (207 min.) : |
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sd., b&w ; |
| Dimensions |
4 3/4 in. + |
| Accompanying material |
1 booklet (55 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
The Criterion collection ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation |
2 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1954 |
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Series numbering from container spine |
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Edition from container and disc label |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954 |
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Special features: Disc 1: Two audio commentaries--one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and one by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck; theatrical trailers and teaser; gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes and production stills ; Disc 2: A 50-minute documentary on the making of 'Seven samurai', created as part of the "Toho masterworks" series "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create" ; Disc 3: "My life in cinema", a two-hour video conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima from 1993, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan; "'Seven samurai': origins and influences", a new documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that impacted Kurosawa's masterpiece |
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Booklet features essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, and Stuart Galbraith IV; tributes from Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet; and a reminiscence by Toshiro Mifune |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Disc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc 3: The supplements |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE |
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| Creation/production credits note |
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson |
| 511 ## - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE |
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| Participant or performer note |
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE |
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DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital surround, NTSC, restored high -definition digital transfer |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Samurai |
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Japan |
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Samurai |
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Action and adventure films |
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| Form subdivision |
Drama. |
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| Form subdivision |
Drama. |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 |
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| Form subdivision |
Drama. |
| Chronological subdivision |
16th century |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Kurosawa, Akira, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1910-1998. |
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Motoki, Sojiro |
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, |
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1918- |
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Oguni, Hideo, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1904-1996. |
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Mifune, Toshirō. |
| Dates associated with a name |
1920-1997. |
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha |
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Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
CD/DVD |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |