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4 days ago · 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 ...
4 days ago · Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sanjuro get 4K It's October, which means Criterion's already thinking about 2025. Their new year auspiciously starts with a 4K UHD release of Jean Eustache's magnum opus The Mother and the Whore, featuring a new interview with Françoise Lebrun and a new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and writer Rachel Kushner.
4 days ago · To get the new calendar year off to a good start, may I suggest turning your attention to the Criterion Collection's upcoming releases in January 2025, highlighted by new 4K editions of Yojimbo ...
4 days ago · Plus: Yojimbo/Sanjuro, two of the most iconic and influential samurai films, by Akira Kurosawa, now on 4K UHD. Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa (#52 / #53) out Jan 7 Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa’s oeuvre, Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released.
3 days ago · Madman Entertainment has just released a 4K digital restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai in cinemas to celebrate its 70th birthday. It’s part of a suite of nine films from Kurosawa’s golden era. If you are yet to explore the work of the master, now is the time to do it. These films – seen in their full glory on the big screen ...
4 days ago · Next up we have a duo of influential samurai films, “Yojimbo” and “Sanjuro.” Both films are directed by the incredible Akira Kurosawa and serve as companion films. Both films come with new 4K digital restorations, as well as behind-the-scenes goodies such as making-of documentaries.
4 days ago · Coming in January: The Mother and the Whore, the long-unavailable 1970s magnum opus from Jean Eustache; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, a lacerating self-portrait by legendary comedian Richard Pryor; The Grifters, Stephen Frears's pulpy, dark-hearted neonoir; and Winchester '73, Anthony Mann's landmark, genre-redefining western. Plus: Yojimbo/Sanjuro, two of the most iconic and influential ...
