Three Outlaw Samurai (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

I love a good samurai movie, and this doesn't disappoint. The fencing or swordsmanship is a little rougher than other films in the genre, but the story is solid stuff. Abused peasants take a hostage to get a better deal from their abusive lord, and three ronin are drawn away from law and convention of the time into the right and honorable path.This film actually takes some cues from Kurosawa's films, from Seven Samurai to Yojimbo, and a couple others as well. Even so the shooting style is a bit different, and more in style with the cinematography of more popular films of the time. The acting is typical high energy angsty Japanese thesping, and serves the film well. There's a kind of near comedic lighting style mixed with a kind of niore like lighting style. You'll note the change as the film progresses.Again, this is a really good story put together by a top quality Japanese production team. One gets the sense that there may have been a sequel or two planned, but so far as I know there never were any.Once again, they don't make them like this anymore, and I simply couldn't tell you why. As much as I love online gaming, I do love a good solid film. And that's what you have here.Check it out and enjoy.

I never heard of this movie before stumbling upon it on Amazon, after watching I can safely say this is a great film that everyone should see.The direction is amazing, the characters are layered, complex, and each have different goals. The action is very well choreographed, I was simply blown away and shocked I'd never heard of it.It's about a samurai stumbling on a village quarrel between three peasants and the town mayor, and the samurai gaining allies and helping the villagers (classic stuff). It's all beautifully built up to an excellent finale.I highly recommend this forgotten classic.

Three Outlaw Samurai tells the tale of three ronin who come together when a band of peasants kidnap the daughter of a corrupt magistrate who endlessly taxes them. As the movie goes on, it shows themes such as loyalty, friendship, respect and honor. This is actually the first samurai movie I've ever seen, and now I want to see more. This blu-ray from Criterion is lacking on special features (the only thing it has is the original trailer), but it's still worth a buy if you love samurai movies. Recommended!

Product came in good condition but it took almost 3 months to get here. It kept getting delayed.

Three Outlaw Samurai is easily the best samurai film to give to someone who wants to get into the samurai genre. Why? For one, it has a very simple plot with extremely likeable characters to follow. Second, it's only around 90 minutes, which anyone can handle. Third, there is some very intelligent and powerful emotional themes going on with this film. And fourth, the action scenes are to die for. Seriously, the final 30 minutes features some of the best action choreography I have ever seen. Everyone must watch this, it has humor, drama, action, suspense, and wonderful camerawork. It isn't as powerful as say Samurai Rebellion, Seven Samurai, or Harakiri, but it is a lot more like a well made summer blockbuster with heart and wit.

Plastic case. No damage. Played good. No problem with disc. The movie was nice as I remember when I was a kid. Sad ending in a way.

What can I say? The transfer is Criterion quality which is EXCELLENT. This one is almost a happy story, almost. Let's face it, this genre is not known for light and happy story lines. I watched this several times in a row when I first bought it. One of my all time favorites.

I love samurai films and was very please to see a Criterion release of this one. Light on extras but I personally don't care about that. Great transfer of a classic is all anyone interested needs to know. Now where is my Blu-Ray release of The Sword of Doom dammit?!

この[三匹の侍 import 版]のBDの様に日本映画のBDもできないものなのか？白黒映画こそ高画質BDにして欲しい。丹波哲郎の豪剣、長門勇の槍術、平幹二朗の妖剣等実にカッコイイ！ TV時代劇シリーズの映画版だが、TV版も是非揃えたい。西部劇と時代劇が大のお気に入りで、大切なコレクションになった。

以前、DVDで観たものがBDで観られるのだからとてもよかった。英語字幕も設定で消せるしとても良かった。やはりああいう映画はモノクロがいいね。これからもいいものがあったら、購入したいと思う。

Very cool samurai flick.

Great movies like this need to have a wider audience than an exclusive one on Blueray only.What about the dvd version?