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Yojimbo = Bodyguard / Tōhō ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa ; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima.
LIBRA DVD 027 194
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 52.
- The Criterion collection ; 52
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Samurai films.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Parody films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Bodyguard
- Also released as: Yojinbo
- Place of Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In Japanese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A humorous parody of a classic western in which a wandering samurai becomes embroiled in a small town's feud and orchestrates the town's self-destruction.
- Participant:
- Toshirō Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Isuzi Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai.
- Credits:
- Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; music, Masaru Sato.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the 1961 motion picture.
- Special features: Original theatrical trailer, new English subtitle translation.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the American Honda Motor Company Fund.
- OCLC:
- 42587422
- Publisher Number:
- 037429141328
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