| Description |
1 DVD (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Janus films collection
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Janus films collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; Dolby Digital mono |
| Note |
Title and credits from English subtitles, transliterated from the Japanese. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1954. |
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Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films." |
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Release date: October 24, 2006. |
| Summary |
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits. |
| Note |
Accompanying book "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films" cataloged separately. |
| Access |
ML: Restricted to home use or face to face teaching. |
| Language |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Samurai -- History -- 16th century -- Drama.
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Samurai. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
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Foreign films -- Japan.
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Foreign films. |
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Japan. |
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Motion pictures, Japanese. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Japanese language films.
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Samurai films.
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Samurai films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Motoki, Sōjirō.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Tsushima, Keiko, 1926-2012.
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Shimazaki, Yukiko, 1931-2014.
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Fujiwara, Kamatare.
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
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Kimura, Isao, 1923-1981.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999.
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Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985.
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Hidari, Bokuzen, 1894-1971.
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Inaba, Yoshio, 1920-1998.
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Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927-2017.
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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Desser, David.
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Mellen, Joan.
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Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020.
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Rayns, Tony.
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013.
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Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013.
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Turan, Kenneth.
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Cowie, Peter.
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Silver, Alain, 1947-
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Galbraith, Stuart, 1965-
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Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010.
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Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Note |
Original Japanese title: Shichinin no samurai |
| Added Title |
7 samurai |
| Note |
Title from accompanying book : Essential art house |
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Title from container : 50 years of Janus Films |
| Added Title |
Fifty years of Janus Films |
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50 years of Janus Films.
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| Standard No. |
715515021227 |
| Music No. |
CC1649D-JF Janus Films |
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CC1667D-JF Criterian Collection (set) |
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