In 1969, four of Japan's greatest directors, Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita and Masaki Kobayashi, formed the "Yonki-no-kai" (Four Musketeers) production company, only to see it close down after its first film was a commercial failure. Now Kon Ichikawa, the last surviving Musketeer, has brought their long-lost samurai classic to the screen as a tribute to his fallen comrades!
Koheita (Koji Yakusho) is a samurai with such a reputation for debauchery that his nickname is "Dora-Heita" (Alley Cat), so his appointment as magistrate of the most corrupt township in all of Japan raises a few eyebrows on both sides of the law... But little does everyone know that it's all a carefully constructed front to outwit the criminals and outfight the righteous samurai who think he's too disgraceful to live!
DVD Features:
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen
Subtitled in English
Bonus Material Includes:
Original Theatrical Trailers
Image Gallery
Program Notes
- Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Yûko Asano, Bunta Sugawara, Ryudo Uzaki, Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: Unrated
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): Japanese
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Region Code: 0
- Release Date: 2007-04-10
- Running Time: 111 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2000
