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Seven Samurai AKA Shichinin no samurai (Blu-ray) (1954)
Will take it's place with the seven greatest films of all time!Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US, UK, and French releases all include differing exclusive extras with lossless Japanese audio, with Criterion offering an optional 2.0 surround mix. Also note the French release has forced subtitles.
The Japanese release also includes an optional lossless 5.1 mix but has the fewest extras. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - with intermission (207:04).
- Blu-ray A Japan- Toho - No cuts - with intermission (206:58).
- Blu-ray B France- Wild Side - No cuts - in two parts (111:46) + (94:58).
- Blu-ray B Akira Kurosawa: Samurai Masterpiece Collection Scandinavia- Future Film / Studio S - No cuts - without intermission (202:56).
- Blu-ray B Switzerland- Trigon Film - No cuts - without intermission (201:17).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Plays with intermission (206:48) and without (201:32)
- Blu-ray B Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Plays with intermission (206:48) and without (201:32)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 04/10/10
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 08/08/19UPDATE LOG:
04/10/10: Initial entry.
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21/10/13: Added UK release.
05/12/14: Updated the UK release notes, added ASINs for the US and UK editions.
10/08/16: Additions of Japan, France, Switzerland, note about Criterion surround track.
29/12/16: Added note about UK releases booklet.
08/08/19: Added Scandinavia.
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