Yojimbo/Sanjuro|Toshirô Mifune

Product Code: BFIB1536

EAN: 5035673015360
Catalogue Code: BFIB1536
Title: Yojimbo/Sanjuro,
Principle Contributor: Toshirô Mifune,
Contributors: Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Masaru Satô, Kazuo Miyagawa, Fukuzô Koizumi, Takao Saitô, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Atsushi Watanabe, Yûzô Kayama, Reiko Dan, Takako Irie Yûnosuke Itô,
Genre: Foreign
Produced by Label/Studio: BFI, 1962
Published by: Trinity Creative Partnership, 17 Mar 2025
Format: Blu-ray / Restored,
Media: 2 disc(s)

Booklet|Bonus Footage|Commentary: 'Yojimbo': Philip Kemp (critic); 'Sanjuro': Kenta McGrath (film-maker).|Documentaries: 'Sword for Hire'; 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'' (2002); 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'' (2002); 'Out of the Dust Storm and Into the Koi Pond'.|Image Gallery|Interviews: Alex Cox (film-maker).|Introduction to 'Sanjuro' by Alex Cox; Original 3-channel Perspecta audio.|Trailers

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Cover Notes: Yojimbo (1961) Like Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo was Kurosawa's tribute to the widescreen action Westerns of John Ford and was itself remade as a Western by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Played by the great Toshiro Mifune, the film's enigmatic samurai is a scruffy and itinerant warrior who wanders into a strange town and right into the middle of a war between two clans. Showing his skills with the sword within minutes of his arrival, he soon has the town's rival factions competing for his services. Kurosawa's genius for storytelling combines with thrilling swordplay, a healthy dose of black humour, a soundtrack every bit as atmospheric and amusing as Ennio Morricone's, and a towering performance from Mifune, to make Yojimbo an irresistible widescreen action adventure. Sanjuro (1962) In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa and Mifune re-teamed a year later to make Sanjuro, a hilarious comedy of manners altogether more light-hearted than its predecessor. The story has Sanjuro (Mifune) running lazy rings around nine naïve and clean-cut samurai and two genteel ladies, whilst also cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government. Whilst Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs, expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action films, he stages a startling switch of mood with an intense finale which may well be the briefest, and most breathtaking duel in all cinema.

Extras: Booklet|Bonus Footage|Commentary: 'Yojimbo': Philip Kemp (critic); 'Sanjuro': Kenta McGrath (film-maker).|Documentaries: 'Sword for Hire'; 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'' (2002); 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'' (2002); 'Out of the Dust Storm and Into the Koi Pond'.|Image Gallery|Interviews: Alex Cox (film-maker).|Introduction to 'Sanjuro' by Alex Cox; Original 3-channel Perspecta audio.|Trailers

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