Eclipse Series 23: THE FIRST FILMS OF AKIRA KUROSAWA: KUROSAWA, Akira: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and kabuki theater, and here it becomes one of the director's most riveting early films.
59 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writer
Akira Kurosawa was 35 when he directed The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail.
The Film
Other Kurosawa films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
#24: High And Low (1963)
#159: Red Beard (1965)
#465: Dodes'ka-den (1970)
#267: Kagemusha (1980)
#316: Ran (1985)
#159: Red Beard (1965)
#465: Dodes'ka-den (1970)
#267: Kagemusha (1980)
#316: Ran (1985)
The Film
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