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Title Yōjinbō / Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.
用心棒 [videorecording] / 東宝株式会社 ; 黒澤プロダクション ; 製作田中友幸, 菊島隆三 ; 監督黒澤明.

Publication Info. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  PN1997 .Y64 2006    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Moore Video  PN1997 .Y64 2006  booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Series Criterion collection ; 52
Criterion collection ; 52.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital mono or 3.0; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio).
Cast Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Eijiro Tono, Ikio Sawamura, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Isuzu Yamada, Atsushi Watanabi, Kiji Sazanka, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisaku Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai.
Credits Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato.
Note Originally released as motion picture in 1961.
"New and improved English subtitle translation"--Container.
Summary In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness.
Note Special features: theatrical trailer and teaser, audio commentary soundtrack by film historian Stephen Prince, a 45 min. documentary on the making of the film and stills gallery.
Language In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Subject Samurai -- Drama.
Samurai.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Rogues and vagabonds -- Japan -- Drama.
Rogues and vagabonds.
Japan.
Political corruption -- Japan -- Drama.
Political corruption.
Genre/Form Samurai films.
Samurai films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
黒澤明, 1910-1998.
Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997.
Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
菊島隆三, 1914-1989.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
三船敏郎, 1920-1997.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994.
東野英治郎, 1907-1994.
Sawamura, Ikio, 1905-1975.
Kawazu, Seizaburo.
Fujiwara, Kamatari.
Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012.
山田五十鈴, 1917-2012.
Watanabe, Atsushi.
Sazanka, Kiji.
Tsukasa, Yōko, 1934-
司葉子, 1934-
Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
仲代達矢, 1932-
Janus Films.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
東宝株式会社.
Kurosawa Purodakushon.
黒沢プロダクション.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Title on disc label: Yojimbo
Title on booklet and container: Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
Also known as: Yojimbo, the bodyguard
Added Title Bodyguard
ISBN 1934121061
9781934121061
Standard No. 715515020824
Music No. CC1658D Criterion Collection