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Sanjuro, Yojimbo and Barberousse by Akira Kurosawa(2006-09-01) Unavailable for a long time in France, we are glad to announce the re-release of these three classics by Japanese master Kurosawa. Sanjuro and Yojimbo, which are revisiting the traditional character of the samurai, influenced greatly European cinema and particularly the Italian western (Sergio Leone’s A fistful of dollars is a remake of Yojimbo), that, in return, will influence seventies Japanese swordsmen movies. The cynicals and detached samurais depicted in the movies are far from the traditional picture of these usually righteous characters and opened the way to all the extremities of the seventies, these movies are landmarks in a genre which really need to be rediscovered. The DVDs released by publishers Wild Side and Opening propose both movies in beautiful new transfers and are loaded with fascinating extras.
Directed three years after Sanjuro, Barberousse is in a total different way one of the most beautiful works of Akira Kurosawa. Following a young doctor who finishes to learn his art with an old master, the movie allows Kurosawa to let his humanism speak and teaches a lot about the sensei vision of life. Brilliantly directed, the movie may contain the most beautiful shots in Kurosawa’s career and marks the end of the collaboration between the master and his favourite actor Toshiro Mifune due to different views about the doctor’s character. A movie of first importance in the director’s career presented in a stunning DVD with great special features. French subtitles only.
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