Release date: November 3, 2026
Currently available for pre-order
Samurai film at its peak with the master of the genre's diptych
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K UHD
"FOR A LONG TIME, I HAD BEEN THINKING OF MAKING A FILM THAT WOULD GIVE COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT SATISFACTION. HERE, I REALIZED MY DREAM."
AKIRA KUROSAWA
Filmed a year apart, Yojimbo and Sanjuro form a particularly flavorful diptych in Akira Kurosawa's filmography. With the character of the wandering samurai, portrayed by the immense Toshiro Mifune, the Japanese director subverts the traditional sword film to create cinema that is at once spectacular, ironic, and profoundly modern. While Yojimbo, with its aesthetic and anti-hero, heralds the wave of Italian Westerns (notably Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars), Sanjuro pushes the humor and satirical dimension of its predecessor even further. Two timeless masterpieces of the seventh art, to rediscover in their new 4K restoration, available for the first time in France on Blu-ray™ and 4K Ultra HD™ (presented in Dolby Vision™ [HDR10 compatible])!
YOJIMBO & SANJURO, two films by Akira Kurosawa
(1961 / 1962 - Black & White - 110 min / 95 min)
Ultra Collector Box Set 4 discs + 200-page Book
New 4K Restorations
Original version with French subtitles
CUC (ULTRA COLLECTOR BOX SET) #31
THE BOX SET CONTAINS
// THE 2 FILMS IN 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY (NEW 4K RESTORATIONS [DOLBY VISION™ HDR10 COMPATIBLE*])
// EXTRAS IN 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY
. THE BIRTH OF THE SAMURAI FILM
Memories from the filming of Yojimbo by members of the film crew, illustrated with numerous archives.
. "THE BODYGUARD" BY CHARLES TESSON
. CAMELLIAS AND A DUEL
Memories from the filming of Sanjuro by members of the film crew, illustrated with numerous archives.
. ORIGINAL TRAILERS
Content not final.
// A 200-PAGE BOOK
(INCLUDING 60 ARCHIVE PHOTOS)
"LAUGHTER AND BLADES: YOJIMBO / SANJURO BY AKIRA KUROSAWA"
BY OLIVIER PÈRE
"Akira Kurosawa, throughout his life, explored the same furrow, exploiting the immense possibilities of his art, with a profound curiosity for everything human, and an endlessly expressed passion for natural elements. " - Olivier Père
Twin films among Akira Kurosawa's most popular, Yojimbo and Sanjuro have paradoxically been only superficially reviewed by critics, often disconcerted by their humor, which contrasts with the more tragic tone of the rest of his filmography. Laughter and Blades does them justice with passionate erudition, demonstrating how fundamentally their diptych addresses, through biting and defiant irony, the same questions of evil, corruption, and honor as his most illustrious works. An original work by Olivier Père, accompanied by 60 photos from the Toho archives.
// EXCLUSIVE VISUAL
Visual to be revealed soon.
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2 BD 100 • 4K MASTER • 2160/23.98p • HEVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 & 1.0 • French Subtitles • 2.35 Aspect Ratio • Black & White • Film Lengths: 110 min / 95 min
2 BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 & 1.0 • French Subtitles • 2.35 Aspect Ratio • Black & White • Film Lengths: 110 min / 95 min
*In 4K UHD only.
Release date: November 3, 2026
