Kurosawa Purodakushon
Series
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded viewer guide ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A skilled but slovenly ronin comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders and manages to keep them out of trouble and alive in spite of their high ideals.
2) Living
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
O-Shin, a beautiful young geisha in 19th century Japan, meets a samurai named Fusanosuke, who is on the run for killing a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. Despite the protests of O-Shin's friend, the two fall in love. Eventually he leaves O-Shin, only to return later and reveal that he is engaged. O-Shin, eventually, falls in love again - to Ryosuke, who is also a samurai.
Series
Criterion collection volume 24
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special ed., widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy Japanese shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma.
Series
Criterion collection volume 53
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
日本語
Description
A group of young men set out to clean up the corruption in their town. They are joined by a scruffy, cynical samurai who doesn't fit their concept of how a warrior should look and act.
7) Yojimbo
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (110 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
