Product Details

• Directors: Akira Kurosawa
• Format: Import, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Mei Ah
• DVD Release Date: July 1, 2008
• Run Time: 59 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002JC62E
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,907 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Asian NTSC/All Code DVD. 1945 film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Black & White. 59 minutes. English subtitles.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE..., June 22, 2008

By	Robert H. Knox (Brentwood, NH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My star rating is for the film itself, which is very good early Kurosawa. HOWEVER, I own the Mei Ah Hong Kong disc, which is completely unwatchable due to a bad pressing. I have had problems with other DVDs from this company, so I will wait to see what others say before buying it myself. Hopefully, Mei Ah has corrected the problem for this release.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Film Poor Transfer, October 12, 2008

By	Hihyooka "WPenn" (Chicago IL) - See all my reviews

This film stands along side Seven Samurai and Ikiru as a truly magnificent production. I own it on vhs and purchased the Dvd with delight only to be shocked by the extremely poor digital video and audio transfer. Many shots are multiple imaged and clipped. The dialogue is bearly understandable. Finally, as a person who speaks and reads Japanese fluently I must tell you the translation subtitling is very, very poor. Frankly, save your money.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Movies don't get better than this, February 7, 2008

By	anonymous - See all my reviews

I watched Kurosawa's They Who Step on Tiger's Tail yesterday and am here today to order a copy. Everything about it was excellent. It was made right after WWII and had a meager budget (it looks like it could have been shot in a patch of woods behind the studio), but that only adds to its charm. The actors more than rise to the task; the actor who played Benkei is inspirational. Two thumbs up!