Details
| Director: | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Rated: | Unrated |
| Studio: | Criterion Collection |
| Genre: | Epic |
| Duration: | 300 |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 |
| Picture Format: | Widescreen |
| Discs: | 2 |
| Region: | 1 |
| Release: | Jun 2012 |
Summary
The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki (The Rickshaw Man) and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai), was one of Japan’s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that’s often called Japan’s Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth-century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. With these three films—1954’s Oscar-winning Musashi Miyamoto, 1955’s Duel at Ichijoji Temple, and 1956’s Duel at Ganryu Island—Inagaki created a passionate epic that’s equal parts tender love story and bloody action.
