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The Seven Samurai and Other Screenplays

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These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts.

"Ikiru " tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In "Seven Samurai " the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In "Throne of Blood" , based on "Macbeth," a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord.

This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.

Pages: 266

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Release: May 13, 1992

ISBN: 057116224X

ISBN 13: 9780571162246

The Seven Samurai and Other Screenplays

4/5 ( ratings)

These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts.

"Ikiru " tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In "Seven Samurai " the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In "Throne of Blood" , based on "Macbeth," a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord.

This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.

Pages: 266

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Release: May 13, 1992

ISBN: 057116224X

ISBN 13: 9780571162246

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