The Criterion Collection
Seven Samurai
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Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Featuring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukio Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Ko Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba
Year: 1954
Time: 207 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 2
Release Date: November 12 2024
MSRP:
$59.95
4K UHD Blu-ray/Blu-ray
3 Discs | BD-50/UHD-100
1.37:1 ratio
Japanese 1.0 PCM Mono
Subtitles: English
Regions A/None
Audio commentary featuring David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie
Audio commentary by Michael Jeck
Making-of documentary, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
My Life in Cinema (1993), a two-hour conversation between director Akira Kurosawa and filmmaker Nagisa Oshima
“Seven Samurai”: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece
Trailers and teaser
Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills
A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993
