Five features. In 'Stray Dog', a young police detective named Murakami gets his pistol stolen on a crowded bus during the oppressive heat of a late 1940s Tokyo summer. Since guns... more
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Plot: Five features. In 'Stray Dog', a young police detective named Murakami gets his pistol stolen on a crowded bus during the oppressive heat of a late 1940s Tokyo summer. Since guns are scarce at the time, the impulsive Murakami decides to track it down rather than risk losing his position on the force. With the aid of Sato a laid-back senior officer, Murakami embarks on the determined hunt for the weapon that leads him into the darkest corners of the city's criminal underworld. As his investigation progresses, Murakami discovers that his gun has been used in both a robbery and murder, making his search for the pistol and the criminal even more urgent. Also includes 'Ikuru', 'I live In Fear' 'Throne Of Blood' and 'Red Beard'.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): BFI VIDEO; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date: 28/11/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: BFIVD 800
Barcode: 5035673008003
DVD Description
Five features. In 'Stray Dog', a young police detective named Murakami gets his pistol stolen on a crowded bus during the oppressive heat of a late 1940s Tokyo summer. Since guns are scarce at the time, the impulsive Murakami decides to track it down rather than risk losing his position on the force. With the aid of Sato a laid-back senior officer, Murakami embarks on the determined hunt for the weapon that leads him into the darkest corners of the city's criminal underworld. As his investigation progresses, Murakami discovers that his gun has been used in both a robbery and murder, making his search for the pistol and the criminal even more urgent. Also includes 'Ikuru', 'I live In Fear' 'Throne Of Blood' and 'Red Beard'.
Advantages: good plot+director+lead actor Disadvantages: hard to deceipher sub-titles+expensive for a video
...of Kurosawa, the score also deserves a speacial mention, it is audatious. The film is sub-titled i prefer this to dubbing as it avoids making the production from looking cheap, although the writting can be hard to read sometimes as there is no black background for the text - not a good idea on black and white film.
The video is quite expensive at about seventeen quid but ultimately it is worth it for this timeless classic....
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...Akiro Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (aka Schichinin no Samurai) is one of those movies which you will never read a bad review of. It is widely regarded as the classic movie in the 'action' genre and the one which set the standard and the template for all modern action movies to follow. That said, one could never just accuse it of being solely an action movie, because it is so much deeper than that.
This movie has it all, which makes it difficult to know where to start. The actual plot itself is quite simple. Seven out of work samurai are hired by a small town which is having the life blood drained out of it by bandits. It was the first movie which took the formula of having a group of hard men assembled to solve the problems of a group of others and is a formula which has been much copied since. Of course, few, if any, have matched...
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Advantages: Top quality film. Disadvantages: Not a lot of DVD extras.
...My collection of Kurosawa DVD's just keeps growing because he seems to have delivered every time.
This is yet another film by the Japanese film-making genius that offers something different. Whereas 'Yojimbo' was a harder edged action film this sequel takes a far more light hearted approach, with genuine laughs along the way that aren't lost in the subtitles.
Toshiro Mifune again stars for Kurosawa and as usual delivers in a way that only he can; gruff, rough & tough!
Perhaps the DVD could have done with more extras, but the introduction with critic Alex Cox does offer some interest.
If your a first time Kurosawa buyer i'd recommend 'Seven Samurai' or 'Yojimbo', but this is a must for all genuine fans of his work....
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somewhat helpful 01.03.2008
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