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Edition: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Restored Special Edition)
Special Features: Bonus Footage, Commentary: Stephen Prince (film scholar), Documentaries: Feature-length documentary from 1990 shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi; Documentary from 2011 by director Akira Kurosawa's longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese and others, Interviews: Takashi Koizumi (assistant director); Teruyo Nogami (production manager), Essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa's script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami; Cover painting by Akira Kurosawa, Trailers
Genre: World Cinema
Region Code: Region B
Certificate: PG
Label: Criterion Collection
Actors: Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Martin Scorsese, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Hisashi Igawa, Toshie Negishi, Yoshitaka Zushi, Chôsuke Ikariya, Mitsuko Baishô
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Number of Discs: 2
Audio Languages: Japanese
Subtitle Languages: English
- Japan, United States
- 1990
- 120 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- Japanese
- Spine #842
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Shoji Ueda, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince
- Feature-length documentary from 1990 shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Interviews with production manager Teruyo Nogami and assistant director Takashi Koizumi
- Documentary from 2011 by director Akira Kurosawa’s longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Ińárritu, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, and others
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa’s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami
- Cover painting by Akira Kurosawa