Seven Samurai [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

Akira Kurosawa’s epic tale concerns honor and duty during a time when the old traditional order is breaking down. The film opens with master samurai Kambei (Takashi Shimura) posing as a monk to save a kidnapped farmer’s child. Impressed by his selflessness and bravery, a group of farmers begs him to defend their terrorized village from bandits. Kambei agrees, although there is no material gain or honor to be had in the endeavor. Soon he attracts a pair of followers: a young samurai named Katsushiro (Isao Kimura), who quickly becomes Kambei’s disciple.

Kurosawa’s film is a model of long-form construction, ably fitting its asides and anecdotes into a powerful suspense structure that endures for all of the film’s 208 minutes. by Dave Kehr

Seven Samurai is an unforgettable masterpiece — the work of one of the world’s greatest filmmakers at the height of his powers. by James Berardinelli

Seven Samurai is a magnificent, barbaric, Japanese picture maintaining a high level of technical and artistic brilliance which only sheer exhaustion – it lasts two and a half hours – prohibits from whole-hearted admiration. by Virginia Graham

DVD Wholesale Main Features    

Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
Producers: Sôjirô Motoki
Format: Mono, Blu-ray, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Language: Japanese (PCM)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated-Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: October 19, 2010
Run Time: 207 minutes
ASIN: B003KGBISY