Criterion’s original DVD edition for Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo presents the film in the aspect ratio of about 2.35:1 on a single-layer disc.
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Criterion is proud to present Yojimbo in a luminous Tohoscope transfer. The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic _Yojimbo._ To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Movie Still. Yojimbo ranked at #95 in Empire magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. $55.96 The image is a bit soft and …
Toho's Masterworks. The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Movie Still . $31.96 An actor of extraordinary physical presence and kinetic energy, Toshiro Mifune was the most widely recognized and transformative superstar in postwar Japanese cinema.Things got a little hectic (and hilarious) when New York comedians Jaboukie Young-White, Lorelei Ramirez, Fumi Abe, Nore Davis, and Tomas Delgado visited the Criterion offices.Often imitated but never duplicated, Akira Kurosawa’s genre-bending samurai classic The leading scorer in NBA history talks with us about how cinema first led him to his basketball career and how he drew inspiration from samurai movies.Although Alton Brown is now known mostly for his work in food media, his first career was as a filmmaker.Scott Morse is a storyteller with one foot in the world of comics and the other in the world of film.Akira Kurosawa once said, “The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression. A ... West Meets East an essay by Alexander Sesonske at the Criterion Collection; A Comparison of Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars and Last Man Standing; Yojimbo (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database Last edited on 21 July 2020, at 13:07. Movie Still. Though not terrible we get a fairly uneventful non-anamorphic transfer. Movie Still. Booklet with an essay by Alexander Sesonske and notes from Akira Kurosawa; Captures: Menu.