Seven Samurai (1954) 3-Disc DVD Boxset Criterion Collection, Spine #2
Disc ONE: The film, part I
• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer, with an optional Dolby surround soundtrack
• Two audio commentaries: one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie; and one by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
• Theatrical trailers and teaser
• Gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes production stills
• New and improved English subtitle translation
Disc TWO: The film, part II
• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer, with an optional Dolby surround soundtrack
• A 50-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
Disc THREE: The supplements
• My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima from 1993, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan
• Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a new documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that impacted Kurosawa’s masterpiece
PLUS:
• A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, and Stuart Galbraith IV; tributes from Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet; and a reminiscence by Toshiro Mifune