Fiction
DVD
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PUBLISHED
©1954-c1956
DESCRIPTION
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
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SERIES
Criterion collection #14-16
NOTES
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto originally released as a motion picture in 1954; Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple originally released as a motion picture in 1955; Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island originally released as a motion picture in 1956
A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior
Based on the epic novel by Eiji Yoshikawa
Directors of photography, Jun Yasumoto, Kazuo Yamada ; art director, Makoto Sono ; editors, Hideshi Ohi, Hirokazu Iwashita ; original music, Ikuma Dan ; production designer, Kisaku Ito
Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Japanese dialogue, with optional English subtitles