Three Outlaw Samurai
Criterion Collection (1964)
Action, Drama, Foreign
In Collection
#1244
0*
Seen ItYes
715515091213
IMDB   7.7
94 mins Japan / Japanese
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Tetsuro Tanba Sakon Shiba
Kyoko Aoi Omitsu
Kamatari Fujiwara Jimbei
Mikijiro Hira Einosuke Kikyo
Tatsuya Ishiguro Uzaemon Matsushita
Yoshiko Kayama Oyasu
Toshie Kimura Oine
Miyuki Kuwano Aya
Yôko Mihara Omaki
Isamu Nagato Kyojuro Sakura
Jun Tatara Yasugoro
Tetsuro Tamba Sakon Shiba
Director
Hideo Gosha
Producer Gin-ichi Kishimoto
Tetsurô Tanba
Writer Hideo Gosha
Eizaburo Shiba
Cinematography Tadashi Sakai
Musician Toshiaki Tsushima


Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Edition Details
Edition The Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 2/14/2012
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Mono [Japanese]
PCM [Japanese]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Trailer Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri