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| ACTORS: | Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 18 November, 1955 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Criterion Collection |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Japanese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 037429125427 |
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Customer Reviews of Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection
samurai at it's best To appreciate this movie you have to watch all three,(Samurai 1,2,3.),that is the only way I feel you will appreciate a great japanese classic story as this one.I have read the book and loved it,even though the book is more detailed,the movie is just as great.Though there is not much fight scene's, (maybe due to the editing),it has a great story to it,thank's to Toshiro Mifune,Mariko Okada and the rest of the supporting actor's.
The DVD to me was okay,although in some scene's you couldn't read the subtitle's, but that was alright for me, as I speak a little japanese any way,other than that, this and the other two DVD's in this serie's are a must buy for your DVD collection.
An interesting film for Criterion to release
This film (which won an Oscar® in 1955 for best foreign language film) is the first part of a trilogy which is known as the Samurai Trilogy. I find it very impressive for a color film to be released in 1954 at a time where even most American films were still in B&W. At this time, color films were still far more expensive than B&W and Japan was not yet even close to becoming the tech savvy country it is known for being today.
The film itself is based loosely on the true story of 17th century Japanese samurai Musashi Miyamoto. He was considered a hero by the Japanese though I disagree because he participated in the massacre of a Japanese Christian community in Kyushu.
The films have been likened to a Japanese equivalant of "Gone with the Wind" as it is of a woman torn between two lovers during a civil war.
Great movie, lousy DVD
The movie is completely wonderful. Unfortunately, the image quality of this DVD is completely unwatchable. Much of the movie is too dark to make out what is happening, day scenes look like night scenes. You are literally better off buying the VHS version of this movie.
Unfortunately, the same is true of the other DVDs in this trilogy. I had to return all three.