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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 1998-07-28

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection Summary Hiroshi Inagaki's Acclaimed Samurai Trilogy Is Based On The Novel That Has Been Called Japan's Gone With The Wind. This Sweeping Saga Of The Legendary Seventeenth-century Samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully Portrayed By Toshiro Mifune) Plays Out Against The Turmoil Of A Devastating Civil War. The Trilogy Follows Musashi's Odyssey From Unruly Youth To Enlightened Warrior. In The First Part, Musashi Miyamoto, The Hero's Dreams Of Military Glory End In Betrayal, Defeat, And A Fugitive Lifestyle. But He Is Saved By A Woman Who Loves Him And A Cunning Priest Who Guides Him To The Samurai Path. This Installment Won The 1955 Academy Award® For Best Foreign Film.

Toshirô Mifune defines the quintessential samurai in Hiroshi Inagaki's 1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, the first feature in a trilogy based on the epic novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. As in Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai, which appeared the same year, Mifune plays a brash and ambitious peasant who desires fame and power as a swordsman. His dreams of glory in war sour when his army is routed and he becomes hunted by the authorities, but the "tough love" attentions of a kindly but severe monk help him develop from a hot-tempered outlaw to a thoughtful swordsman. Inagaki's somber color epic is very different from the energetic action of Kurosawa's films. The sword fights and battles are practically theatrical in their presentation, staged in long takes that emphasize form and movement over flash and flamboyance. Mifune brings a sad, almost tragic quality to the samurai warrior Musashi Miyamoto, whose dedication proscribes him to a lonely life on the road. Though the film stands well on its own, its stature takes on greater significance as the first act of Inagaki's stately, contemplative epic of the professional and spiritual development of Musashi, whose training and adventures continue in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple. --Sean Axmaker

Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 93 mins
UPC: 037429125427
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 1998-07-28
Region Code: 1
Specs: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),