Criterion/Voyager (1954)
Action | Drama | Foreign
Japan | Japanese | Black & White | 03:27
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
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Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
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Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
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Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo |
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Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji |
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Isao Kimura | Katsushiro |
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Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
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Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Farmer Yohei |
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Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Farmer Rikichi |
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Kokuten Kodo | Old Man Gisaku |
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Eijiro Tono | Thief |
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Kichijiro Ueda | Bandit Scout |
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Jun Tatara | Coolie A |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Bun Seller |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
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Isao Yamagata | Samurai |
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Sôjin Kamiyama | Blind Player |
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Gen Shimizu | Samurai Who Kicks Farmers |
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Keiji Sakakida | Gosaku |
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Shinpei Takagi | Bandit Chieftain |
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Shin Otomo | Bandit Second-in-Command |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni | |
| Producer | Sojiro Motoki | |
| Musician | Fumio Hayasaka | |
| Photography | Asakazu Nakai | |
| Edition | Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Mono [Japanese] Mono [Japanese] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 01, 1998 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Watched | |
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| Index | 257 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:32 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:38 |