Tora no o o fumu otokotachi : 1945-nen 9-gatsu seisaku /
Title on disc label: The: Men who tread on the tiger's tail
- DVD ed.
, Japan
- 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- stamping
- Series 23, the first films of Akira Kurosawa .
- Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 23, First films of Akira Kurosawa. .
"Janus Films"--Credits. After the Noh Ataka and Kabuki Kanjinchō. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. A foreign film (Japan). "Eclipse from the Criterion Collection"--Disc surface.
This fourth film from Akira Kurosawa derives from Noh and Kabuki plays, depicting a famous twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a small group of samurai cross enemy territory disguised as monks and must persuade border guards to let them through.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
Motion pictures--Japan. Japanese language films. Feature films--Japan. Foreign language films--Japanese. Fiction films. Historical films. Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Samurai films. Samurai films. Historical films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films--Japan. Samurai films--Japan. Historical films--Japan. Foreign films. Motion pictures--Japan. Japanese language films. Films de samouraï. Films historiques. Adaptations cinématographiques. Films de fiction.