| Description |
3 DVDs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
1 booklet (24 pages ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 14
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The Criterion collection ; 15
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The Criterion collection ; 16
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Criterion collection ; 14.
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Criterion collection ; 15.
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Criterion collection ; 16.
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| Note |
Collective title from from container. |
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From Hideji Hojo's dramatization of the novel Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa. |
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Originally produced as motion pictures in 1954, 1955 and 1956. |
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Special features: Original theatrical trailer; three part interview: On Musashi Miyamoto, with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; booklet written by Stephen Prince and William Scott Wilson. |
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Disc 1. Miyamoto Musashi = Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto. |
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Disc 2. Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō = Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple. |
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Disc 3. Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: kettō Ganryūjima = Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island. |
| Credits |
Producer, Kazuo Takimura ; screenplay, Tokuhei Wakao and Hiroshi Inagaki ; director, Hiroshi Inagaki ; directors of photography, Jun Yasumoto, Kazuo Yamada ; art director, Makoto Sono ; editors, Hideshi Ohi, Hirokazu Iwashita ; original music, Ikuma Dan ; production designer, Kisaku Ito. |
| Cast |
Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga. |
| Summary |
A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Miyamoto Musashi = Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto -- disc 2. Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō = Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple -- disc 3. Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: kettō Ganryūjima = Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island. |
| Subject |
Miyamoto, Musashi, 1584-1645 -- Drama.
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Sasaki, Ganryū, -1612? -- Drama.
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Yoshikawa, Eiji, 1892-1962 -- Film adaptations.
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Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Civil war -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Miyamoto, Musashi, 1584-1645. |
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Sasaki, Ganryū, -1612? |
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Yoshikawa, Eiji, 1892-1962. |
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Civil war. |
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Samurai. |
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Japan. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Drama.
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Epic films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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History.
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Samurai films.
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Swashbuckler films.
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DVD-Video discs
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| Added Author |
Inagaki, Hiroshi, 1905-1980, screenwriter, director.
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Takimura, Kazuo, producer.
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Wakao, Tokuhei, 1918-1976, screenwriter.
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Hōjō, Hideji, 1902-1996, author of screenplay, etc.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
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Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013, actor.
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Onoe, Kurōemon, 1922- actor.
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Tsuruta, Kōji, 1924-1987, actor.
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Okada, Mariko, 1933- actor.
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Yachigusa, Kaoru, actor.
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Saga, Michiko, 1934-1992, actor.
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Dan, Ikuma, 1924-2001, composer (expression)
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Wilson, William Scott, 1944- writer of accompanying material.
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Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020, writer of accompanying material.
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Yoshikawa, Eiji, 1892-1962.
Miyamoto Musashi.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Miyamoto Musashi.
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Samurai I, Musashi Miyamoto.
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Musashi Miyamoto.
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Samurai II, Duel at Ichijoji Temple.
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Duel at Ichijoji Temple.
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Samurai III, Duel at Ganryu Island.
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Duel at Ganryu Island.
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| ISBN |
9781604656022 (DVD) |
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1604656026 |
| Standard No. |
715515093019 |
| Music No. |
CC2159D Criterion Collection |
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