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The Resource Yojimbo : The bodyguard, Janus Films ; Seneca International presents a Toho Company, Ltd. production ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa ; produced and directed by Akira Kurosawa, (videorecording)

Yojimbo : The bodyguard, Janus Films ; Seneca International presents a Toho Company, Ltd. production ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa ; produced and directed by Akira Kurosawa, (videorecording)

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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, audio commentary, and documentary on the making of the film
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
Work
Publication
Edition
Widescreen format; special ed.
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1961
  • "New and improved English subtitle translation"--container
  • Special features included
Isbn
9781934121061
Instance
Label
Yojimbo : The bodyguard
Title
Yojimbo
Title remainder
The bodyguard
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; Seneca International presents a Toho Company, Ltd. production ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa ; produced and directed by Akira Kurosawa
Title variation
  • Bodyguard
  • Yojimbo, the bodyguard
  • Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • 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, audio commentary, and documentary on the making of the film
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Cataloging source
KyLxBWI
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato; executive producers, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima
Dewey number
  • [Fic]
  • 895.6/35
Language note
Soundtrack in Japanese; subtitles in English
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
  • 1920-1997
  • 1905-1982
  • 1907-1994
  • 1914-1989
  • 1910-1998
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mifune, Toshirō
  • Shimura, Takashi
  • Tōno, Eijirō
  • Kikushima, Ryūzō
  • Kurosawa, Akira
  • Janus Films
  • Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
Runtime
110
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
52
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Samurai
  • Bodyguards
  • Rogues and vagabonds
  • Japan
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Yojimbo : The bodyguard, Janus Films ; Seneca International presents a Toho Company, Ltd. production ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa ; produced and directed by Akira Kurosawa, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1961
  • "New and improved English subtitle translation"--container
  • Special features included
Bar code
  • 31223108365686
  • 31223108366163
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format; special ed.
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9781934121061
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515020824
  • 715515021524 (set)
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC1658D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD player required; mono.; region 1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Yojimbo : The bodyguard, Janus Films ; Seneca International presents a Toho Company, Ltd. production ; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa ; produced and directed by Akira Kurosawa, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1961
  • "New and improved English subtitle translation"--container
  • Special features included
Bar code
  • 31223108365686
  • 31223108366163
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format; special ed.
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Isbn
9781934121061
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515020824
  • 715515021524 (set)
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC1658D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD player required; mono.; region 1
Video recording format
DVD

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