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The samurai trilogy [videorecording (DVD)].

Criterion Collection, 2012.

Miyamoto, Musashi, 1584-1645 -- Drama.

Civil war -- Japan -- Drama.

Japan -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 14-16.

Alternate title:

Samurai I : Musashi Miyamoto [videorecording (DVD)].

Musashi Miyamoto [videorecording (DVD)].

Samurai II : Duel at Ichijoji Temple [videorecording (DVD)].

Duel at Ichijoji Temple [videorecording (DVD)].

Samurai III : Duel at Ganrye Island [videorecording (DVD)].

Duel at Ganrye Island [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

3 videodiscs (300 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

From Hideji Hojo's play adaptation of the novel "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto originally released as a motion picture in 1954; Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple originally released as a motion picture in 1955; Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Special features: New high-definition digital restorations of all three films ; new interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films ; trailers ; new English subtitle translation ; PLUS: a booklet featuring essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

[v. 1.] Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto -- [v. 2.] Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple -- [v. 3.] Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island.

Toho Company Ltd. ; a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema ; producer, Kazuo Takimura ; screenplay, Tokuhei Wakao and Hiroshi Inagaki ; directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa and Michiko Saga.

"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 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."--Container.

Biographical films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Hōjō, Hideji, 1902-1996. Miyamoto Musashi.

Yoshikawa, Eiji, 1892-1962. Miyamoto Musashi. English.

Inagaki, Hiroshi, 1905-1980.

Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997

Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013.

Onoe, Kurōemon, 1922-

Tsuruta, Kōji, 1924-1987.

Okada, Mariko, 1933-

Yachigusa, Kaoru.

Saga, Michiko, 1934-1992.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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