Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo (1961) & Sanjuro (1962) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Akira Kurosawa's tribute to the widescreen action westerns of John Ford, Yojimbo stars the great Toshiro Mifune as the film's enigmatic samurai, a scruffy itinerant warrior who wanders into a town and right into the middle of a war between two clans. After its huge success, Kurosawa and Mifune teamed up again a year later to make Sanjuro, in which the titular character runs rings around nine naïve, clean-cut samurai and two genteel ladies - while also cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government.

Special Features
Commentary: 'Yojimbo': Philip Kemp (critic); 'Sanjuro': Kenta McGrath (film-maker), Documentaries: 'Sword for Hire'; 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'' (2002); 'It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'' (2002); 'Out of the Dust Storm and Into the Koi Pond', Image Gallery, Interviews: Alex Cox (film-maker), Introduction to 'Sanjuro' by Alex Cox, Trailers