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
Licensor
Toho Co.
Release Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2024
MSRP: $59.95
4K UHD + Blu-ray
3 Discs
1.37:1
Japanese PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles: English
Regions None/A
HDR:
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