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DVD ~ Toshirô Mifune
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  • Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga
  • Directors: Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Writers: Hiroshi Inagaki, Eiji Yoshikawa, Hideji Hôjô, Tokuhei Wakao
  • Producers: Kazuo Takimura
  • Format: Box set, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Language Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Criterion
  • DVD Release Date: 18 May 2004
  • Run Time: 300 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001UZZT0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,443 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You gotta love those Samurai!!!, 23 May 2004
By Mr. D. P. Goodfellow "Funkydan" (South east UK) - See all my reviews
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Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan’s Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. The Trilogy follows Musashi’s odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the first part, Musashi Miyamoto, the hero’s dreams of military glory end in betrayal, defeat, and a fugitive lifestyle. But he is saved by a woman who loves him and a cunning priest who guides him to the samurai path. This installment won the 1955 Academy Awardfor Best Foreign Film. In the second and most violent installment, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Musashi beats a samurai armed with a chain-and-sickle and is later set upon by eighty samurai disciples—orchestrated by the sinister Kojiro—while the two women who love him watch helplessly. In the third installment, Duel at Ganryu Island, Musashi reunites tragically with the women who love him, and battles for samurai supremacy in a climactic confrontation with his lifelong nemesis.

If you have been profoundly affected by the recent surge of Samurai-based movies, then this is a must-have for your collection!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why so hidden?, 25 Jan 2008
By M. Davidson (Southampton) - See all my reviews
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I thought that I had seen most good movies in this genre, then I came upon this. It really is fantastic to find such well made films as these. The fights are realistic to a scary level, the characters are lively but flawed, the plot is simple yet interesting. To describe it as Japans gone with the wind is not so far fetched. In short if you love Kurosawa`s work you will adore this trilogy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the most majestic colour cinematography, in my opinion, 20 April 2009
By Mr. Richard J. Howells "47 ronin" (wales) - See all my reviews
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The reason I felt so impelled to write a review of this trilogy is mostly because of the criticisms these films that I personally judged to be maladroit and show flagrant disregard for wherein the trilogy's benediction lies (see amazon.com). Opinions(an opinion shouldn't be pontifical or self- assertive and should show respect for the subjectivity of experience, contrary to what most self-vaunting humans think) of these films seem to suggest a polarity, but as a person who is aware of the nihility of human vanity I won't indulge my ego and question the fact that some people don't like these films.
Many criticisms upbraid the film for eliding certain parts of Eiji Yoshikawa's romanticised story of the great 17th century swordsman. Despite the fact that most of the book did constitute for me personally what is a masterpiece, I also thought it meandered in parts. However, a great filmmaker shouldn't feel fettered by sequaciously relaying a book. A director should strive to create his own personalised vision and make vicissitudes and ommissions that may not please bibliophiles who probably have no conception of the filmmakers art, but should endear to people with the poet's eye who are able to descry Inagaki's at some times expressionist colour palette, the mythical portrayal of Musashi by Mifune and the romanticised evocation of a time when the most unique culture and it's confucian values hadn't been corroded by the detrimental influence of the West.
I have much more to say but haven't the time so I will conclude that these films are to my mind resplendent works of cinematographic art, for me "Duel at Ichijoji Temple" being its apex.
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