The Samurai Trilogy - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

The Samurai Trilogy - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)he Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, was one of Japans most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self discovery. Based on a novel thats often called Japans Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to

he Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, was one of Japan’s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery.

Based on a novel that’s often called Japan’s Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth-century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to enlightened warrior.

With these three films—1954’s Oscar-winning Musashi Miyamoto, 1955’s Duel at Ichijoji Temple, and 1956’s Duel at Ganryu Island—Inagaki created a passionate epic that’s equal parts tender love story and bloody action.

Region B Blu-ray: Australian compatible

Special features

• New high-definition digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray editions
• New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films
• Trailers
• New English subtitle translations
• PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson