DVD: Minoru Chiaki     DVD:     Minoru Chiaki      Seven Samurai - 3 Disc Remastered Edition (Criterion Collection Spine # 2) Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune Criterion, 2006 The Peasant and the Sword Words fail to praise the action-packed period film that Akira Kurosawa created in 1954 Japan. Two years after the allies released the Japanese from occupation, Kurosawa directed the best film ever, in my opinion, for those that desire evil to be overthrown and justice ...             Godzilla Raids Again Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama Sony Wonder (Video), 2007 Exciting Old-School Godzilla Movie This is a good little movie that is a good follow up to the first Godzilla movie. There is a lot of focus on the human actors, but they are very charming in an old-fashioned kind of way. Godzilla vs Anguirus is a bit of a mismatch, and you don't see much of Godzilla ...             Rashomon - Criterion Collection Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô Criterion, 2002 A Watershed Moment in the History of Cinema Rashomon was the first Japanese movie widely distributed in the West. Fair to say, it was probably the first Asian movie almost all of it's Western audience had ever seen. This masterpiece introduced the filmgoing world to one of the greatest writer/director/editors ...             Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki Criterion, 2003 Blood Will Have Blood Another Kurosawa masterpiece. Kurosawa directed four masterpieces in the 1950's: Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Rashomon & Seven Samurai. Throne of Blood is the master director's loose interpretation of MacBeth. Shakespeare's themes of ambition, betrayal, & regicide are ...             The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara Criterion, 2001 4 ½ + Stars: Akira Kurosawa's Next JIDAI GEKI Masterpiece... The HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958, aka. Kakushi toride no san akunin) is Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen-shot film and the famed director uses it as if he has been a master of it for many years. In a period where warring clans in Japan, the film is all about loyalty, honor, ...             Akira Kurosawa - 4 Samurai Classics (Seven Samurai / The Hidden Fortress / Yojimbo / Sanjuro) - Criterion ... Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune Criterion, 2002 Don't pass it up Kurosawa is not just considered a great japanese director - he's considered one of the best the world has known. Samurai are a passion for me anyway - however, kurosawa brings them to life like no other. I sometimes wish he were working today with the technology ...             Rashomon Toshiro Mifune, Fumiko Homma Criterion Collection, 2008 What happened -- and what didn't A man is dead, a woman was raped, and that's all that can be definitely said. Somebody has committed murder, but nobody knows whodunnit. And that's the basic plot of Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon," a hauntingly pessimistic look at how the "truth" can be warped and ...             Ikiru - Criterion Collection Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko Criterion, 2004 Will Anyone Know You Lived Ikiru tells the deceptively simple story of a man's final months. Kurosawa was inspired by The Death of Ivan Ilych and, admittedly, the subject matter of a man who has wasted his life being prompted by imminent death to examine his life & make something of what little ...             Samurai Trilogy Box Set - Criterion Collection Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada Criterion, 2004 The way of the samurai This is a harrowing, breathtaking saga of the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto. It captures some of his trials and tribulations as he embarks on his spiritual quest in the early 17th century. He was an unmatched master with the blade, but a priest tries to teach ...             Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa (Remastered Edition) - Subtitled - 1951 Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo Triad Productions LLC, 2008 IMDB Review To have a film that holds the coveted title of being the reason that the "Best Foreign Film" category was created for the Oscars is one thing, but to be able to back up that myth with a powerful film that speaks both about humanity and the strength of truth is a whole ...             Macbeth [Region 2] Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada Blood Will Have Blood Another Kurosawa masterpiece. Kurosawa directed four masterpieces in the 1950's: Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Rashomon & Seven Samurai. Throne of Blood is the master director's loose interpretation of MacBeth. Shakespeare's themes of ambition, betrayal, & regicide are ...             Stray Dog - Criterion Collection Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura Criterion, 2004 Good Man, Bad Man Stray Dog is Akira Kurosawa's first fully mature, individual work of art. The very next year, Kurosawa would change cinematic history with Rashomon, the first Asian movie to achieve Western distribution, Kurosawa's first masterpiece and one of the greatest movies ever ...             Seven Samurai Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura Homevision, 2000 The Peasant and the Sword Words fail to praise the action-packed period film that Akira Kurosawa created in 1954 Japan. Two years after the allies released the Japanese from occupation, Kurosawa directed the best film ever, in my opinion, for those that desire evil to be overthrown and justice ...             The Seven Samurai [Region 2] Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura The Peasant and the Sword Words fail to praise the action-packed period film that Akira Kurosawa created in 1954 Japan. Two years after the allies released the Japanese from occupation, Kurosawa directed the best film ever, in my opinion, for those that desire evil to be overthrown and justice ...             The Hidden Fortress [Region 2] Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara 4 ½ + Stars: Akira Kurosawa's Next JIDAI GEKI Masterpiece... The HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958, aka. Kakushi toride no san akunin) is Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen-shot film and the famed director uses it as if he has been a master of it for many years. 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