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      • If you’re a fan of postwar Japanese cinema or Samurai films then Hiroshi Inagaki’s trilogy is an essential watch. More casual viewers may be alienated by some of the coldness but even those who don’t fully connect can appreciate the technicality.
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      Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

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    I also find Hiroshi Inagaki to be a very boring director. His films are somehow both vibrant and washed out at the same time. I also don't want to watch the rest of the trilogy because I want to read Vagabond someday and I'm worried about spoilers because they're both based on the same novel.

  4. t.criterionforum.org › Review › the-samurai-trilogyThe Samurai Trilogy Review :: Criterion Forum

    Sep 25, 2024 · Hiroshi Inagaki's The Samurai Trilogy gets a much needed upgrade from Criterion. All three films receive new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfers and are presented in their original aspect ratios of 1.33:1.

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    Criterion has taken considerable steps to update the look of the Samuraitrilogy from their original DVD release of these films. The improvements are easy to see: colors are more pronounced and bold; the clarity of the image is consistently stunning; black levels are lovely and inky. The battle of Sekigahara, with its wide compositions of running so...

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    The “On Musashi Miyamoto” featurettes are the sole extras afforded here, but they are, in a way, key to the film’s themes of truth and myth. Recorded in 2012, translator and historian William Scott Wilson’s interview goes over many of the events that occur in the films and how they correlate to Miyamoto’s real life. It’s enlightening and interestin...

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    Criterion has treated the transfer of this, one of their first home-video properties, to Blu-ray with unerring attention to detail, if not exactly an outpouring of extras.

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  7. entertainment-focus.com › 2016/09/01 › the-criterionThe Criterion Collection: The Samurai Trilogy Blu-ray review

    Sep 1, 2016 · When you see Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed adaptation, The Samurai Trilogy, the comparison certainly comes into focus. Produced by the Toho studios (the creators of Godzilla), the Samurai Trilogy is...

  8. videolibrarian.com › the-samurai-trilogyThe Samurai Trilogy Review | Hiroshi Inagaki - Video Librarian

    Sep 11, 2012 · The Samurai Trilogy. Rating: 3.5 of 5. Hiroshi Inagaki's three-part adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa's epic novel debuted the same year as Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and was one of the most popular cinematic exports of its time.

  9. www.criterion.com › boxsets › 40The Samurai Trilogy - The Criterion Collection

    The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, was one of Japan’s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that’s often called Japan’s Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary ...