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Kurosawa Samurai Collection Blu-ray
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Posted June 26, 2014 04:53 PM by Webmaster
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  The British Film Institute is planning to release a box set of films directed by legendary Japanese master Akira Kurosawa. The box set will include: the classic Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), and Sanjuro (1962). Street date is September 22.
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Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai tells the story of a group of 17th-century warriors recently detached from the powerful masters who once paid them. Veteran samurai Kambei (Takashi Shimura) is the leader of the group hired by the residents of a village suffering at the hands of a marauding band of thieves. Five of his cohorts are trained warriors, but the sixth, Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), is actually the son of a farmer, desperate to earn his spurs on the battlefield. The basics of the story served as the blueprint for the western classic The Magnificent Seven.
Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa's film version of Macbeth, transfers the action to medieval Japan. A samurai warrior (Toshiro Mifune) is urged to murder his lord (Takashi Shimura) and his best friend (Minoru Chiaki) by a forest spirit and an ambitious wife (Isuzu Yamada). Kurosawa renders 'the Scottish play' through the conventions of traditional Japanese Noh theatre, creating what was reputedly TS Eliot's favourite film. The famous ending sees Toshiro Mifune caught under hails of arrows.
The Hidden Fortress
Winner of the Best Director Award at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival, The Hidden Fortress is regarded by many to be one of Kurosawa's finest, and has been acknowledged by George Lucas as the principle inspiration for Star Wars. Set in 16th-century Japan, the story centres on rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress. Tahei (Minoru Chaiki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) are two cowardly soldiers on the run from an advancing enemy army. As they search the country for a cache of secret gold, they join forces with Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), a samurai warrior who is escorting a fiesty princess (Misa Uehara) through enemy territory. The mismatched travellers then have to fight a number of battles before they finally come within sight of their goal.
Yojimbo
Kurosawa combines elements of the western and the film noir in the classic adventure Yojimbo. Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune), a freelance Samurai warrior, sells his services to rival factions in a small Japanese village. When he is betrayed, he turns his skills against his former employers, determined that the two warring sides should destroy each other. Yojimbo was later remade by Sergio Leone as the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars.
Sanjuro
In the samurai spoof Sanjuro, a sequel of sorts to Yojimbo, shabby samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) teams up with eight young warriors who seek out corruption among the elders of their clan. They also embark on a mission to rescue a kidnapped chancellor from a corrupt war lord.
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Source: Blu-ray.com |
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breesonfan
Jun 26, 2014
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Fudge you, why can't you release Kurosawa movies that we don't already have on blu. |
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Saccharin
Jun 27, 2014
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Nice I allready got a SB of SEVEN SAMURAI. Hope it is under € 50,- |
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montyb
Jun 27, 2014
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It will be hard to top Criterion's wonderful transfers on these films, but sure will keep my eye on this one. Will see what reviews say before buying (hoping BFI uses same transfers!). |
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retask
Jun 27, 2014
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How about releasing a crime collection with Stray Dog? |
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JTKenobi
Jun 27, 2014
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Man, I wish they would do a US release with these titles. I've been holding off on all of these, but would love to have them all in one collection. |
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Big-D
Jun 29, 2014
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Get the Criterion editions of these, you will not be disappointed. I returned the BFI edition of Seven Samurai for a refund as the picture quality is poor, the Criterion knocks it for six!! |
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