Lynch/Oz (Criterion Premieres) - BLU-RAY

The residents of an impoverished farming village in 16th-century Japan, anticipating an attack by bandits after harvest, hire seven ronin to defend them. Upon arrival, the warriors set about to train, secure the village, and surprise their attackers with a ferocious onslaught. Often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, director Akira Kurosawa's epic adventure stars Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Yoshio Inaba star. 3 1/2 hrs. Standard; Soundtracks Japanese Uncompressed PCM mono, DTS HD stereo Surround Master Audio; Subtitles English; audio commentary; documentaries; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailers; essays; more. In Japanese with English subtitles. Three-disc set.

A financial failure upon it's first , but now recognized as a gem of film comedy, creator/star Jacques Tati's spoof of 20th-century city life follows Gallic Everyman Mr. Hulot on a dizzying trip through contemporary Paris, where he gets caught up with a group of American tourists and becomes the unwitting cause of a new Inchhigh-techInch nightclub's destruction. Some of the sparse dialogue was written by Art Buchwald. 124 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles English; audio commentary; documentaries; interview; bonus short InchCours du SoirInch (1967); more. In French with English subtitles.

The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen's great heroes an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters. The films that feature him are variously pulse-pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off-the-wall. This deluxe set features the string of twenty-five Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973, collected in one package for the first time.