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Seven samurai / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 (Added Author). Cowie, Peter. (Added Author). Desser, David. (Added Author). Fujiwara, Kamatare. (Added Author). Galbraith, Stuart, 1965- (Added Author). Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918- (Added Author). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (Added Author). Hidari, Bokuzen. (Added Author). Inaba, Yoshio. (Added Author). Kato, Daisuke, 1911-1975 (Added Author). Kimura, Isao, 1923-1981 (Added Author). Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (Added Author). Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011 (Added Author). Mellen, Joan. (Added Author). Mifune, Toshiro, 1920-1997 (Added Author). Miyaguchi, Seiji, 1913-1985 (Added Author). Motoki, Sojiro. (Added Author). Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988 (Added Author). Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 (Added Author). Oshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013 (Added Author). Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010 (Added Author). Prince, Stephen, 1955- (Added Author). Rayns, Tony. (Added Author). Richie, Donald, 1924-2013 (Added Author). Shimazaki, Yukiko. (Added Author). Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Added Author). Silver, Alain, 1947- (Added Author). Tsuchiya, Yoshio, 1927- (Added Author). Tsushima, Keiko. (Added Author). Turan, Kenneth. (Added Author). Janus Films, (production company.). Janus Films. (Added Author). Toho Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya. (Cast).

Summary:

Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (155 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Janus Films, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture by Janus Films, 1954.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note:
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: Not rated.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
French language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 9, 2015).

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