Criterion Collection Director Series - Akira Kurosawa (Throne Of Blood / Yojimbo / Seven Samurai / S - Region 1 DVD

One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride is a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Throne of Blood

With Throne of Blood, Kurosawa fuses one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies with the formal elements of Japanese Noh theater to make a Macbeth that is all his own--a classic tale of ambition and duplicity set against a ghostly landscape of fog and inescapable doom, starring Toshiro Mifune and the legendary Isuzu Yamada.

Yojimbo

To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars) and Walter Hill (Last Man Standing), this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films ever produced.

Sanjuro

In this sly sequel to Yojimbo, the 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. Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed film.