The Sword of Doom (1966)

[Oscar Rothman]

The Sword of Doom Blu-ray PRE-ORDER



New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring film historian Stephen Prince
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

[Blu Titan]

Wow, this is why I love Criterion!

[noirjunkie]

Nice. This is another title I'll be adding to the "Black and White Cinemascope" thread once it's inserted into the site's database.

[Feiereisel]

Down for this based on the synopsis and brilliant title alone. Let's rock.

Mifune!

[cardiac161]

Love this film!! One of the most acclaimed samurai movies, no less directed by Okamoto.

[MifuneFan]

This will be mine

[hedliniv]

More Mifune is ALWAYS a good thing!!!

[cash_black]

first day purchase

[BuckNaked2k]

Cross another one off my list!

[javi92]

Originally Posted by hedliniv

More Mifune is ALWAYS a good thing!!!

Indeed! Another great upgrade choice by Criterion.

[Creasy47]

Black-and-white samurai film by Mifune? Say no more. Day one purchase for me!

[DaveyJoe]

No love for Nakadai? For those who haven't seen it, Mifune is only in a couple of scenes. One of them is a great sword fight scene, but don't get your hopes up for a movie revolving around Mifune. Tatsuya Nakadai is the star of this film.

[Deep]

One of the no-brainer upgrades (surprised it took Criterion so long to release it on Blu). Though unlikely I wish they would also upgrade Samurai Rebellion.

-D

[Grethiwha]

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

No love for Nakadai? For those who haven't seen it, Mifune is only in a couple of scenes. One of them is a great sword fight scene, but don't get your hopes up for a movie revolving around Mifune. Tatsuya Nakadai is the star of this film.

I only watched this the once, years ago now I think, before I knew who Nakadai was, but Nakadai became my favourite actor not long after, and I still remember this as one of Nakadai's greater performances. TBH I didn't even remember that Mifune was in it.

Sword of Doom wasn't one I thought I wanted to own at the time, but I do want to see it again, and I have a feeling it will only rise in my estimation on repeat viewings. Will definitely have to buy this one.

But Samurai Rebellion, yes, now that's a Nakadai/Mifune movie I love love love; definitely waiting for Criterion to upgrade that one (or that whole sixties samurai boxset of theirs would be amazing why not).

[Joeyseven]

One of my favorite CC releases.
But I can wait for A 50% off sale.

I only wish they

[Show spoiler]Made A sequel(s)

These are different versions of the same story, yet complete.
"Satan's Sword" trilogy starring Raizo Ichikawa. (never seen,might buy this set)
"Swords in the Moonlight" trilogy which stars Chiezo Kataoka.

[d_robW]

I'm definitely getting this. I have the DVD and watch it at least once a year. I'll be passing that along to a buddy of mine who loved it when I loaned it to him a couple of years ago.

[cash_black]

pre-ordered!

[Professor Echo]

Nakadai definitely channels Steve McQueen's performance as Reese in HELL IS FOR HEROES. It's an amazing portrayal of a very difficult character to play.

[Blu-Ray Maniac]

I never heard of that film until i click on the cover on amazon.ca because i thought the cover looks fantastic. Call me stupid but this is why i'm interrested in this now. I watch trailer, see a couple of stills and of course, read the plot... and i'm very interrested ! I will discover this classic in blu-ray first, i like Blu !

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by Deep

Though unlikely I wish they would also upgrade Samurai Rebellion.

-D

How come unlikely? I was just checking the IMDB page on this one, got to check it out.