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The first films of Akira Kurosawa, Janus Films ; Toho Company, Ltd

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The first films of Akira Kurosawa

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Janus Films ; Toho Company, Ltd

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Eclipse. Series 23 The first films of Akira Kurosawa

Sanshiro Sugata: Akira Kurosawa's effortless debut is based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsuThe most beautiful: This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during world War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agendaSahshiro Sugata, part two: This sequel is a hugely entertaining adventure, reuniting most of the major players from the original and featuring a two-part narrative in which Sanshiro first fights a pair of Americans and then finds himself the target of a revenge mission undertaken by the brothers of the original film's villainThe men who tread on the tiger's tail: The plot is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint

[Disc 1]: Sanshiro Sugata / Janus Films ; Toho Company, Ltd. ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography by Akira Mimura ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; [producer, Keiji Matsuzaki] (79 min.) -- [disc 2]: The most beautiful / Janus Films ; a Toho production ; [director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Motohiko Ito, Jin Usami ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography, Joji Obara] (85 min.) -- [Disc 3]: Sanshiro Sugata, part 2 / Janus Films ; Toho Company, Ltd. ; produced by Motohiko Ito ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography by Takeo Ito ; directed by Akira Kurosawa (82 min.) -- [disc 4]: The men who tread on the tiger's tail / Janus Films ; a Toho production ; produced by Motohiko Ito ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography by Takeo Ito ; directed by Akira Kurosawa (59 min.)

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