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Criterion Collection: Yojimbo & Sanjuro [Blu-ray] [1962] [US Import]

Toshirô Mifune , Eijirô Tôno , Akira Kurosawa    Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
  • Directors: Akira Kurosawa
  • Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shûgorô Yamamoto
  • Producers: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Format: Black & White, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Criterion
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Mar 2010
  • Run Time: 206 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003152Z4U
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 76,181 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)


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5.0 out of 5 stars Nameless samurai 16 May 2010
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray
Akira Kurosawa made the best samurai movies in cinematic history, since he mixed in other elements (spaghetti westerns!) and crafted the action around the stories. And the two-movie pack of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" is deeply satisfying -- vivid, compelling, often humorous and they star the fantastic Toshiro Mifune.

"Yojimbo" was an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest," the story of a detective who cleans up a city. But Kurosawa yanks the action across the world, to a grizzled samurai (Mifune) who wanders into an impoverished town, after hearing a farmer talking about the corruption there.

He wasn't kidding -- the nearby town is a battleground for two warring clans and the corrupt police. The samurai knows that he's smarter than anyone else in the town, so he starts playing the two clans against one another, while deftly sidestepping the inevitable clashes.

If "Yojimbo" is a dark comedy, "Sanjuro" is more of a straight-out comedy, with the return of Mifune's scruffy, wily hero. This time, he rescues nine naive, inept young noblemen from the Superintendent's thugs, and after figuring out the conspiracy that is forming in a nearby town, he decides to rescue the Superintendant, his wife and daughter.

Unfortunately, the samurai (now going by the name of Sanjuro Tsubaki) soon finds that the noblemen aren't very bright, and they also have a bad habit of disobeying him, since he is of lower rank than they are. He concocts a plan to thwart the Superintendant and his deadly lieutenant... assuming his army of nine doesn't botch it.

Kurosawa was a lover of American cowboy flicks, and at times this shows, especially in the rugged hero, who acts like a medieval Japanese gunslinger (he even has the piercing eyes for it).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Genius in Black & White 10 May 2012
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Brought this for my other half as a gift, as the director is an all time favourite of his.

Spent a lot of time researching which of the many variations of release of these movies to buy, and this was justified by the quality of the transfer, and being able to see the scenes as the director intended (not with bits of the edges chopped off as in some of the earlier releases).

The visuals were superb and, never having seen these films before, I found myself completely wrapped up in the stories. The comic touches that lighten the heavy moments are deftly dealt. It's easy to see why his reputation is so well deserved.

Highly recommended not just for fans, but for those new to his work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great combo 31 May 2013
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
really would recommend this great combination. not available in this form by any other label ... do it as fast as you can
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