Originally Posted by BuddhaWake

sorry but for the money it doesn't make sense not to include the exta discs that are available from their prior editions. a newby of kurosawa is not going to drop the money on this and someone who is into the master would already have most or all of the ones released by criterion like most here and I do.

Originally Posted by BuddhaWake

sorry but for the money it doesn't make sense not to include the exta discs that are available from their prior editions. a newby of kurosawa is not going to drop the money on this and someone who is into the master would already have most or all of the ones released by criterion like most here and I do.

Originally Posted by SLeopold

If this included the extras I'd dump my old ones and get this. As it stands, I'll stick with my old ones and hope for a separate release of the 5 unreleased movies...or finally break down and get the cheap HK versions.

Originally Posted by SanityRemoved

Evidently Criterion learned very little from the Janus Box set.

Originally Posted by indy81

You mean the Janus box set that sold out? It looks like they learned a lot from it, actually. I understand your reasons for not buying, but there's clearly a market for big, expensive bare-bones sets.

Originally Posted by indy81

You mean the Janus box set that sold out? It looks like they learned a lot from it, actually. I understand your reasons for not buying, but there's clearly a market for big, expensive bare-bones sets.

Originally Posted by Maxflier

This will be something to consider during the next Barnes & Noble 50% off sale.

Originally Posted by Criterion's Current Blog

Thinking Outside the Box

We were amazed at how many e-mails we received from people saying they already had twenty of the titles included in the new box set AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa. A big thank-you to all who contacted us about this. It’s never our aim to make you buy the same title over again. If we do rerelease a title, it’s because we feel it merits a new edition: a new transfer or new supplements, frequently both. We thought (and still think) of AK 100 as a great way to introduce your friends to Kurosawa—it’s really a magnificent present.

To answer the most frequently asked question: yes, we will be releasing separately the five titles in the set that had previously been unavailable from Criterion: Sanshiro Sugata; The Most Beautiful; Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two; The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail; and Madadayo. Sanshiro Sugata; Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two; and The Most Beautiful will be released in an Eclipse set; The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail and Madadayo will be released in Criterion editions.

As for other Kurosawa plans, we had hoped to celebrate the actual centenary, in March, with a Blu-ray edition of Seven Samurai, but weeks of additional restoration have turned into months—yes, it looks really amazing—and the release won’t be until later in 2010. Instead, on March 23, we’ll be releasing Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sanjuro. They look great, too. A last word about AK 100: if you haven’t had a chance to pick up, feel, and look at this beautiful, linen-bound box, you should. The design is great, and the book inside is wonderful. There are many iconic stills from the movies that you’ll certainly recognize, but what’s especially neat is that Kurosawa himself appears in many of the images, just outside the framing with which you’re familiar. It’s fascinating to see where he placed himself in the process.

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC

Indeed. Now wtf should I do w/ my DVD of the films I already own? I'll most likely still keep them JUST in case I lose the Blu of them somehow..I just..can't give them away. We've gone through so much.