Seven Samurai

A 16th century Japanese farming community has been victimized by bandits, year afer year. Desperate to find some means of ending the terror, the villagers hire seven unemployed samurai to help defend them. Film formed the basis of The Magnificent Seven and Battle beyond the Stars.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982
Format: Videos DVD
Language:Japanese
Published: [Chicago] : Home Vision : Dist. by Public Media, c1998.
Series:Criterion collection ; 2
Japanese classic collection
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245 0 0 |a Seven Samurai  |h [videodisc]  |c Toho Films ; produced by Shojiro Motoki ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni. 
260 |a [Chicago] :  |b Home Vision :  |b Dist. by Public Media,  |c c1998. 
300 |a 1 videodisc (203 min.) :  |b sd., b&w ;  |c 4 3/4 in. 
440 0 |a Criterion collection ;  |v 2 
440 0 |a Japanese classic collection 
501 |a With: Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck, original U.S. theatrical trailer. 
508 |a Photography, Asaichi Nakai ; editor, Akira Kurosawa ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. 
511 1 |a Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi. 
518 |a Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. 
520 |a A 16th century Japanese farming community has been victimized by bandits, year afer year. Desperate to find some means of ending the terror, the villagers hire seven unemployed samurai to help defend them. Film formed the basis of The Magnificent Seven and Battle beyond the Stars. 
538 |a Digital video disc, Dolby digital. 
540 |a For private home use only. 
546 |a In Japanese with optional English subtitles. 
586 |a Winner, Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival, 1954 
655 4 |a Samurai films. 
655 7 |a Adventure films. 
650 0 |a Motion pictures, Japanese. 
700 1 |a Kurosawa, Akira,  |d 1910-1998. 
700 1 |a Mifune, Toshirō,  |d 1920-1997. 
700 0 0 |a Shimura, Takashi,  |d 1905-1982. 
710 2 |a Home Vision (Firm) 
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