The samurai trilogy [videorecording] / Toho Company Ltd. ; a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema ; producer, Kazuo Takimura ; screenplay, Tokuhei Wakao and Hiroshi Inagaki, ; director, Hiroshi Inagaki.
Title from box container. Toshirō Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga. 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. "From Hideji Hojo's adaptation of the novel Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa"--Insert. Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Contents:
[v. 3.] Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island. [v. 2.] Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple -- [v. 3.] Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island.
Summary:
A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 14-16 The classic collection
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