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Japan action 1956 color 102 min.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
CLV: $49.95 - available
           1 disc, catalog # CC1330L
DVD: $29.95 - available
           1 disc, catalog # SAM120
VHS: available from Home Vision Cinema
"Crystal clarity of sound ... when a grunt, a yell, a scream or a swoosh of the sword is executed, the viewer could end up hiding behind the couch. A film buff's treasure." -Dan Bennett, San Diego Blade-Citizen

These three rip-roaring movies feature exciting stories and lightning-fast swordplay. Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called the Japan's Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary 17th-century samurai Masashi Miyamoto, powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, plays out against the turmoil of a devestating civil war. The Trilogy (whose In Depth | Index of Films




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