TY - GEN AU - AU - AU - AU - AU - ED - ED - TI - Seven samurai T2 - The Criterion collection AV - PN1995.9.S24 S48 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - [New York] PB - Janus Films, Criterion Collection [distributor] KW - Samurai KW - Japan KW - Action and adventure films KW - Drama. KW - Drama KW - History KW - Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 KW - 16th century N1 - Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese; Originally released as motion picture in 1954; Series numbering from container spine; Edition from container and disc label; Originally released as a motion picture in 1954; 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; 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; Disc 1: The film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2: The film, pt. 2 -- Disc 3: The supplements; Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art director, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson; Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya N2 - Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits ER -