Disc Features

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects ( DTS -HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
• A 45-minute documentary on the making of Yojimbo, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create. featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami
• Theatrical teaser and trailer
• Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS. A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and comments from Kurosawa and his cast and crew

New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang

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By Alexander Sesonske March 23, 2010

If we adapt the language of horse breeders to the genealogy of films, one might write Yojimbo. by Shane out of Scarface. But while this odd coupling does suggest the most obvious hereditary. Read more »