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Yojimbo (1961)
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Yojimbo (1961)
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.
Yojimbo Review :: Criterion Forum
Criterion is proud to present Yojimbo in a luminous Tohoscope transfer. Picture 5/10. ... Alexander Sesonske also provides a brief but somewhat informative essay on the film in the included insert. The new DVD and Blu-ray editions add on a commentary and a documentary, clearly improving over this edition. ...
Blu-ray Review: Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo on the Criterion Collection
Yojimbo 's narrative symmetry seems effortless, and points to Kurosawa's renowned Western manner of storytelling, here manifest both as a hemispherical and genre trait, but while the framework echoes, say, John Ford, the sum of Yojimbo 's iconic subversions are Kurosawa's own. The rivaling gangs, respectively backing the town's sake ...
Yojimbo movie review & film summary (1961)
Roger Ebert April 10, 2005. Tweet. In "Yojimbo" (1961), director Akira Kurosawa combines the samurai story with the Western, so that the main street could be in any frontier town, the samurai could be a gunslinger, and the locals could have been lifted from John Ford's stock company. The great Toshiro Mifune plays virtually the same character ...
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If we adapt the language of horse breeders to the genealogy of films, one might write Yojimbo, by Shane out of Scarface.But while this odd coupling does suggest the most obvious hereditary traits of Kurosawa's black comedy, it fails to capture the joy with which he demolishes the clichés of the venerable genres he has appropriated.A decade of achievement precedes this sport. After Rashomon ...
Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Two Films By Akira Kurosawa: The Criterion
Sanjuro: With the immediate success of Yojimbo in Japanese cinema it was inevitable that a sequel was wanted by the studio. When Akira Kurosawa was approached to do a sequel he assured them that ...
Yojimbo Review :: Criterion Forum
Picture 8/10. Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo gets a stunning high-definition upgrade on Blu-ray, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this dual-layer Blu-ray disc. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. Criterion originally released the film on a practically barebones DVD back in 1999 and then re-released it in 2007 with a new digital transfer and more supplements.
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The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone ( A Fistful of Dollars) and Walter Hill ( Last Man Standing ), this ...
Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
'You idiot, I'm not giving up yet. Theres a bunch of guys I have to kill first!' So says Toshiro Mifune as the traveling ronin Sanjuro in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 jidaigeki film Yojimbo.Mifune stars as Kuwabatake Sanjuro (which means Mulberry Field thirty-year-old, but he tends to take the surname from whatever plant is near him at the time of giving his name).
Yojimbo
Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Hepburn: Yōjinbō, lit. ' Bodyguard ') is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers.The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe.In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where ...
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"Alexander Sesonske writes a great essay titled 'West Meets East' for the Criterion release of 'Yojimbo.' Sesonske calls attention to the fact that Kursoawa's films of the '50s ...
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YOJIMBO Commentary. Recorded in 2006, this commentary features noted film historian Stephen Prince, author of "The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.".
Yojimbo (1961)
110 min. Release Date. 04/20/1961. Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo begins with a ronin, a masterless samurai who wanders here and there, making a living by his sword, at a literal crossroads. By chance, the unkempt samurai chooses a path to a small town. As he enters, a farmer argues with his son, an impetuous sort yearning for an "exciting life.".
Sanjuro Review :: Criterion Forum
Picture 8/10. Along with their release of Yojimbo Criterion presents Akira Kurosawa's sequel Sanjuro in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this dual-layer Blu-ray disc. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. Like with Yojimbo my basis for comparison is again with Criterion's original non-anamorphic DVD from 1999. I have not seen the 2007 re-issue, which contained an all new anamorphic ...
Yojimbo
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1961 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa. The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic YOJIMBO. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
Yojimbo: Remastered Edition (The Criterion Collection)
Amazon.com: Yojimbo: Remastered Edition (The Criterion Collection) : Toshir Mifune, Eijir Tno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kat, Seizabur Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, ... The one bonus is the 96-page book with plenty of pictures, a 10-page essay on Akira Kurosawa by Stephen Prince and a one-page essay on each of the 25 movies ...
DVD: Yojimbo (Criterion)
Criterion has packed this release with a nice mix of extra content, both on and off the disc. As always, the standout supplement is another volume from the Toho Masterworks series focusing on Yojimbo.The lengthy 45 minute feature covers numerous aspects of the production including very specific details, like the scene of the dog carrying the human hand or the creation of the main title theme ...
Blu-ray: Yojimbo (Criterion)
Yojimbo. Criterion dips into updating their releases of Akira Kurosawa films to Blu-ray. While this particular entry owes much to the 2007 Yojimbo DVD, including the same extras, it's never the less a fantastic release as it boasts a great audio and video presentation, which takes advantage of the high definition format. Dusting off the efforts ...
Throne of Blood (1957)
The pair parted ways professionally in 1965. A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a hardened warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune gives a remarkable, animalistic ...
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The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.
Criterion is proud to present Yojimbo in a luminous Tohoscope transfer. Picture 5/10. ... Alexander Sesonske also provides a brief but somewhat informative essay on the film in the included insert. The new DVD and Blu-ray editions add on a commentary and a documentary, clearly improving over this edition. ...
Yojimbo 's narrative symmetry seems effortless, and points to Kurosawa's renowned Western manner of storytelling, here manifest both as a hemispherical and genre trait, but while the framework echoes, say, John Ford, the sum of Yojimbo 's iconic subversions are Kurosawa's own. The rivaling gangs, respectively backing the town's sake ...
Roger Ebert April 10, 2005. Tweet. In "Yojimbo" (1961), director Akira Kurosawa combines the samurai story with the Western, so that the main street could be in any frontier town, the samurai could be a gunslinger, and the locals could have been lifted from John Ford's stock company. The great Toshiro Mifune plays virtually the same character ...
If we adapt the language of horse breeders to the genealogy of films, one might write Yojimbo, by Shane out of Scarface.But while this odd coupling does suggest the most obvious hereditary traits of Kurosawa's black comedy, it fails to capture the joy with which he demolishes the clichés of the venerable genres he has appropriated.A decade of achievement precedes this sport. After Rashomon ...
Sanjuro: With the immediate success of Yojimbo in Japanese cinema it was inevitable that a sequel was wanted by the studio. When Akira Kurosawa was approached to do a sequel he assured them that ...
Picture 8/10. Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo gets a stunning high-definition upgrade on Blu-ray, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this dual-layer Blu-ray disc. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. Criterion originally released the film on a practically barebones DVD back in 1999 and then re-released it in 2007 with a new digital transfer and more supplements.
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone ( A Fistful of Dollars) and Walter Hill ( Last Man Standing ), this ...
'You idiot, I'm not giving up yet. Theres a bunch of guys I have to kill first!' So says Toshiro Mifune as the traveling ronin Sanjuro in Akira Kurosawa's 1961 jidaigeki film Yojimbo.Mifune stars as Kuwabatake Sanjuro (which means Mulberry Field thirty-year-old, but he tends to take the surname from whatever plant is near him at the time of giving his name).
Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Hepburn: Yōjinbō, lit. ' Bodyguard ') is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers.The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe.In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where ...
"Alexander Sesonske writes a great essay titled 'West Meets East' for the Criterion release of 'Yojimbo.' Sesonske calls attention to the fact that Kursoawa's films of the '50s ...
YOJIMBO Commentary. Recorded in 2006, this commentary features noted film historian Stephen Prince, author of "The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.".
110 min. Release Date. 04/20/1961. Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo begins with a ronin, a masterless samurai who wanders here and there, making a living by his sword, at a literal crossroads. By chance, the unkempt samurai chooses a path to a small town. As he enters, a farmer argues with his son, an impetuous sort yearning for an "exciting life.".
Picture 8/10. Along with their release of Yojimbo Criterion presents Akira Kurosawa's sequel Sanjuro in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this dual-layer Blu-ray disc. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. Like with Yojimbo my basis for comparison is again with Criterion's original non-anamorphic DVD from 1999. I have not seen the 2007 re-issue, which contained an all new anamorphic ...
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1961 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa. The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic YOJIMBO. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
Amazon.com: Yojimbo: Remastered Edition (The Criterion Collection) : Toshir Mifune, Eijir Tno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kat, Seizabur Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, ... The one bonus is the 96-page book with plenty of pictures, a 10-page essay on Akira Kurosawa by Stephen Prince and a one-page essay on each of the 25 movies ...
Criterion has packed this release with a nice mix of extra content, both on and off the disc. As always, the standout supplement is another volume from the Toho Masterworks series focusing on Yojimbo.The lengthy 45 minute feature covers numerous aspects of the production including very specific details, like the scene of the dog carrying the human hand or the creation of the main title theme ...
Yojimbo. Criterion dips into updating their releases of Akira Kurosawa films to Blu-ray. While this particular entry owes much to the 2007 Yojimbo DVD, including the same extras, it's never the less a fantastic release as it boasts a great audio and video presentation, which takes advantage of the high definition format. Dusting off the efforts ...
The pair parted ways professionally in 1965. A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a hardened warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune gives a remarkable, animalistic ...