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Kiru = Kill! / Janus Films, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; executive producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; story, Shugoro Yamamoto ; director, Kihachi Okamoto.

LIBRA DVD 003 378 disc + pamphlet
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Hampton, Howard, 1958- author.
Contributor:
Okamoto, Kihachi, 1924-2005, director.
Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, producer.
Murao, Akira, 1933-2008, screenwriter.
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-2025, actor.
Hoshi, Yuriko, 1943-2018, actor.
Takahashi, Etsushi, 1935-1996, actor.
Satō, Masaru, composer.
Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967.
Janus Films, producer.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 313.
The Criterion Collection ; 313
Language:
English
Japanese
Subjects (All):
Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967--Film adaptations.
Yamamoto, Shūgorō.
Yamamoto, Shūgorō, 1903-1967.
Samurai--Drama.
Samurai.
Martial arts--Drama.
Martial arts.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([8] pages ; 19 cm).
monochrome
Other Title:
Kill!
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Language Note:
In Japanese with English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby Digital mono; Region 1.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
"A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, a former farmer, dreams of being a samurai. The other, a former samurai, prefers living anonymously."--Container.
Participant:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuriko Hoshi, Etsushi Takahashi, Tadao Nakamaru, Akira Kubo, Shigeru Koyama, Eijiro Tono, Shin Kishida, Atsuo Nakamura.
Credits:
Photographer, Rokuro Nishigaki ; music, Masaru Sato.
Notes:
Based on the story "Torideyama no jushichinichi" by Shugoro Yamamoto.
Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Special features: original theatrical trailer and teaser; a new essay by film and culture critic Howard Hampton.
ISBN:
0780030362
OCLC:
62150011
Publisher Number:
037429209929
KIL060 Criterion Collection

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