Eclipse Series 23: THE FIRST FILMS OF AKIRA KUROSAWA: KUROSAWA, Akira: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)

KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail [1945]
Eclipse Series 23
DVD


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.


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