Yojimbo / Sanjuro 4K (1961-1962)
de Akira Kurosawa
Criterion - 7 janvier 2025
Titre Original :
Audio : Japanese: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
Sous-titres : English
Durée : 3h27
Format : 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray / import US
Zone : 4K Blu-ray: Region free
2K Blu-ray: Region A
Genre : Action, Arts Martiaux
Synopsis
Yojimbo
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. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.
Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan’s evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a “proper” samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character’s return is a masterpiece in its own right.
- 4K digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks (4K UHD); restored high-definition digital transfers, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks (Blu-ray)
- In the 4K UHD edition: Two 4K UHD discs of the films and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
- Optional DTS-HD Master Audio Perspecta 3.0 soundtracks, preserving the original simulated stereo effects
- Audio commentaries by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
- Documentaries on the making of Yojimbo and Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
- Teasers and trailers
- Stills galleries of behind-the-scenes photos
- PLUS: Essays by film writers Alexander Sesonske and Michael Sragow and comments from Kurosawa and members of his casts and crews