Yojimbo / Sanjuro 4K UHD (UK Import)
BFI

Título original: 用心棒 / 椿三十郎

Año: 1961 / 1962
Pais: Japan
Código de región: A/B/C
Contenido: 4K UHD
EAN: 5035673000113

Imagen: 2.35:1 (2160p)

HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10

Audio:
Japanese - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Japanese - LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio

Subtítulos: English

Calificatión por edades: 12

Género: Classic / Action / Drama

Reparto: Toshirô Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa


Sinopsis:

Yojimbo

Like Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo was Kurosawa’s tribute to the widescreen action Westerns of John Ford and was itself remade as a Western by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Played by the great Toshiro Mifune, the film’s enigmatic samurai is a scruffy and itinerant warrior who wanders into a strange town and right into the middle of a war between two clans. Showing his skills with the sword within minutes of his arrival, he soon has the town’s rival factions competing for his services.

Kurosawa’s genius for storytelling combines with thrilling swordplay, a healthy dose of black humour, a soundtrack every bit as atmospheric and amusing as Ennio Morricone’s, and a towering performance from Mifune, to make Yojimbo an irresistible widescreen action adventure.

Sanjuro

In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa and Mifune re-teamed a year later to make Sanjuro, a hilarious comedy of manners altogether more light-hearted than its predecessor.

The story has Sanjuro (Mifune) running lazy rings around nine naïve and clean-cut samurai and two genteel ladies, whilst also cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government. Whilst Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs, expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action films, he stages a startling switch of mood with an intense finale which may well be the briefest, and most breathtaking duel in all cinema.

Extras:

• 2 x 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-rays presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly recorded interview with Jasper Sharp (2024)
• Audio commentary on Yojimbo by film critic Philip Kemp
• Introduction to Sanjuro by filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 5 mins)
• Interview with filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 9 mins)
• Original trailers for both films