| Description |
1 DVD (139 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround Dolby digital 3.0 |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Motion picture |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 116
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Criterion collection ; 116.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Eiko Miyoshi. |
| Note |
Dolby digital 3.0, wide screen 2.35:1. |
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Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Catherine Russell in container. |
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Features: new audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince, author of "The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa;" documentary from 2003 on the making of the film, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create;" interview from 2001 with filmmaker George Lucas about Kurosawa; trailer; new English subtitle translation. |
| Summary |
During a civil war in medieval Japan, a deposed princess hides within a secret fortress guarded by a brave general, and waits for a chance to escape with her clan's fortune to safety in a neighboring province. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Subject |
Princesses -- Japan -- Drama.
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Princesses. |
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Japan. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Quests (Expeditions) -- Drama.
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Quests (Expeditions) |
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Civil war -- Japan -- Drama.
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Civil war. |
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Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Samurai 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, producer, screenwriter, director.
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Mifune, ToshirÅ, 1920-1997, actor.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor.
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Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985, actor.
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| Added Title |
Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019073929
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (Motion picture). Hidden fortress. Blu-ray special edition. New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2016] 1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 715515174718 |
| ISBN |
1681431416 |
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9781681431413 |
| Standard No. |
715515174817 |
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00715515174817 |
| Music No. |
CC2616D Criterion Collection |
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