Janus Films
Series
Criterion collection volume 407
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
A romantic deadbeat finds he has a crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Unfortunately, the man speaks no English and finds him to be undesirable.
Series
Criterion collection volume 226
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
An impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. In order to survive in feudal Japan, they are forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, then dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole.
Series
Criterion collection volume 24
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (143 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A botched kidnapping of a Japanese executive's son turns into a race-against-time.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (139 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one. A general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. Delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wry...
Series
Criterion collection volume 118
Language
English
Formats
Description
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
Series
Criterion collection volume 94
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A headstrong young woman travels to the Scottish Hebrides to marry a rich industrialist. On the way, she meets a young naval officer and realizes that some things are more important than money.