Name: The hidden fortress., Kakushi-toride no san-akunin, Janus Films ; Toho Scope ; executive producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa, Blu-ray/DVD/Widescreen - (set)
ISBN: 9780160465819

The hidden fortress., Kakushi-toride no san-akunin, Janus Films ; Toho Scope ; executive producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa, Blu-ray/DVD/Widescreen - (set)

Type

Format

(set)

Label

The hidden fortress., Kakushi-toride no san-akunin, Janus Films ; Toho Scope ; executive producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa, Blu-ray/DVD/Widescreen - (set)

Note

Originally released as a motion picture in 1958Special features: Commentary (featuring film historian Stephen Prince); Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create (documentary from 2003 on the making of the film and its widescreen cinematography); George Lucas on Akira Kurosawa (interview from 2001 with filmmaker George Lucas about Kurosawa and how the elements of The Hidden Fortress directly inspired Star Wars); Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Catherine Russell

Color

black and white

Configuration of playback channels

monaural

resource.creditsNote

Cinematography by Ichio Yamazaki ; music by Masaru Sato ; editor, Akira Kurosawa ; production design, Yoshiro Muraki ; costume design, Masahiro Katô

Dimensions

other

Edition

Director-approved, dual-format; Blu-ray; DVD; Widescreen; special edition.

Isbn

9780160465819

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Misa Uehara

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (139 min.), Blu-ray, DVD video, sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 1543370(OCoLC)873944965

System details

Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master audio ; requires Blu-ray playerDVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital 5.1 monaural

Upc

715515113212

Video recording publisher number

CC2344BDDVD -- The Criterion Collection (set)CC2344BDDVD-1 -- The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)CC2344BDDVD-2 -- The Criterion Collection (DVD)

Videorecording format

DVDBlu-ray disc

Cover Art

Instantiates