Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109618 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-01
• Formats: Import, NTSC
• Running time: 59 minutes

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

Customer Reviews

BEWARE...
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.

Great Film Poor Transfer
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.

Movies don't get better than this
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!