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The Sword of Doom (Dai-Bosatsu Tôge) (Criterion Collection)

The Sword of Doom (Dai-Bosatsu Tôge) (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1966)
Blu-ray
UR (Unrated)
715515135412
Drama | Foreign
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:01

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.


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Tatsuya Nakadai Ryunosuke Tsukue
Michiyo Aratama Ohama
Yuzo Kayama Hyoma Utsuki
Yoko Naito Omatsu
Tadao Nakamaru Isami Kondo
Kei Sato Kamo Serizawa
Ko Nishimura Shichibei / Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirô Nakatani Bunnojo Utsuki
Kunie Tanaka Senkichi
Toshirô Mifune Toranosuke Shimada
Ryosuke Kagawa Dansho Tsukue
Kamatari Fujiwara Omatsu's grandfather
Eisei Amamoto Shuzen Kamio
Akio Miyabe Toshizo Hijikata
Yasuzo Ogawa Yohachi
Kyoji Hayakawa Heisuke Todo
Atsuko Kawaguchi Okinu
Shôji Oki Soji Okita
Hiroshi Hasegawa Aoyama the Scout
Kanzô Uni
Kôji Kakigi
Hirohito Kimura
Shoji Kosugi
Shin Ibuki Yaichi Okada
Seishiro Kuno

Trailer

Edition details

Packaging HD Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks PCM Mono [Japanese]
SUB [English]
Subtitles English
Distributor Criterion Collection
Edition Release Date Jan 06, 2015
Regions Region A

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Watched
Index 2007
Added Date Feb 21, 2018 20:34:35
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:36

Notes

Birthday gift 2018 from Mom and Dad

Disc Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring film historian Stephen Prince
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

New cover by Aesthetic Apparatus

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