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The Samurai Trilogy is a film trilogy directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring Toshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto and Kōji Tsuruta as Kojirō Sasaki. The films are based on Musashi, a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa about the famous duelist and author of The Book of Five Rings . The three films are: Together, they are a trilogy following the character ...
The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, 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 ...
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The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, 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 seventeen...
Hiroshi Inagaki's The Samurai Trilogy gets a much needed upgrade from Criterion. All three films receive new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfers and are presented in their original aspect ratios of 1.33:1. The three films are spread over two Blu-ray discs: Musashi Miyamoto and Duel at Ichijoji Temple are both found on the first dual-layer disc, wh...
All three films present lossless linear PCM mono tracks and like the video it is significantly better than what was found on the previous DVD. Age is still a limiting factor and there's nothing much in the way of fidelity in all three films, but they sound clean and don't seem to present any audible damage or noise. Dialogue and music both sound de...
Criterion has released The Samurai Trilogyas one single release, spreading the films over two discs on Blu-ray (three on DVD) and have divided supplements between them. We actually don't get much here, but since the DVDs only presented trailers this release can still be considered an upgrade. Each film gets its own sub-menu and their respective sup...
Overall I'm still a bit disappointed the special features are so light, but then compared to the old barebone DVDs this still offers a decent upgrade. At least the transfers provide an enormous improvement, and for that reason this release comes with a high recommendation. BUY AT:
Jun 26, 2012 · 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.
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May 18, 2004 · Based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone With the Wind, Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is a sweeping saga of the legendary 17th-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.
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- Jun Yasumoto [Cinematographer]; Kazuo Yamada [Cinematographer]; Hiroshi Inagaki [Writer]; Kazuo Takimura [Producer]; Eiji Yoshikawa [Writer]; Hideji Hôjô [Writer]; Tokuhei Wakao [Writer];
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto: Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Toshirô Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni, Kurôemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa. Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.
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Jul 16, 2012 · July 16, 2012. With remarkable narrative force and a full, varied emotional landscape, Hiroshi Inagaki found a Betty of a story in which to ponder violence, the peculiarities of affection, and the nature of wisdom in the Samurai trilogy. Released over a three-year period and garnering countless accolades, not the least of which being the eighth ...
