| Title | The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1952) |
| Runtime | 59 min. |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | Criterion Collection |
| Genres | Action and Adventure | Drama | Foreign Language |
| Description | The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and kabuki theater, and here it becomes one of the director’s most riveting early films. |