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The Resource Yōjinbō, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira

Yōjinbō, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira

Label
Yōjinbō
Title
Yōjinbō
Statement of responsibility
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira
Title variation
  • Bodyguard
  • Akira Kurosawa's yojimbo
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer
Member of
Cataloging source
TOL
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Yojimbo (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato; executive producers, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima
Language note
In Japanese with optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Eijiro Tono, Ikio Sawamura, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Isuzu Yamada, Atsushi Watanabi, Kiji Sazanka, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisaku Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1997
  • 1914-1989
  • 1910-1998
  • 1920-1997
  • 1905-1982
  • 1907-1994
  • 1905-1975
  • 1905-1985
  • 1917-2012
  • 1898-1977
  • 1914-1971
  • 1934-
  • 1911-1975
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  • Tanaka, Tomoyuki
  • Kikushima, Ryūzō
  • Kurosawa, Akira
  • Mifune, Toshirō
  • Shimura, Takashi
  • Tōno, Eijirō
  • Sawamura, Ikio
  • Kawazu, Seizaburo
  • Fujiwara, Kamatari
  • Yamada, Isuzu
  • Watanabe, Atsushi
  • Sazanka, Kyū
  • Tsukasa, Yōko
  • Katō, Daisuke
  • Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Kurosawa Purodakushon
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
110
Series statement
  • The Criterion collection
  • The classic collection
Series volume
52
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Japan
  • Samurai
  • Rogues and vagabonds
  • Rogues and vagabonds
  • Samurai
  • Japan
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Yōjinbō, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1961; English subtitled version c1962
  • Special features: Original theatrical trailer, new English subtitle translation
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
42587422
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9780780022515
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 037429141328
  • 715515020824
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
YOJ030
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)42587422
System details
DVD; NTSC, dolby digital; mono; widescreen format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Yōjinbō, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1961; English subtitled version c1962
  • Special features: Original theatrical trailer, new English subtitle translation
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
42587422
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9780780022515
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 037429141328
  • 715515020824
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
YOJ030
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)42587422
System details
DVD; NTSC, dolby digital; mono; widescreen format
Video recording format
DVD

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