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R0 America - Kino Video [2000 Release] Deluxe Letterboxed Edition Extras: US Theatrical Trailer Subtitles: English (optional) Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono Case type: Snapper Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 Finland - Finnkino Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Part One (67:38) Vintage film clip about Arsenyev (0:59) Vintage featurette about making the movie (4:49) Photo gallery DISC TWO * The Film - Part Two (68:25) Interview with actor Yuri Solomin – On Vladimir Arsenyev (4:47) – On Akira Kurosawa (9:04) – On making the movie (6:55) Ten cast & crew biographies (in Finnish) Bonus trailers – The White Sun of the Desert (3:15) – Elusive Avengers (3:05) – Dauria (2:25) – A Cruel Romance (2:37) Subtitles: Finnish (forced) Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: This uses the RusCiCo transfer of 1999. Bad, murky image quality. This replaces the older Finnish release by Pan Vision. Special thanks to Rewind user marlan for providing these specifications. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 Finland - Pan Vision Subtitles: Finnish (BURNT IN) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono Case type: Keep Case Notes: This release has been transfered not from film but from an old analogue video tape (which causes additional analogue-video artifacts). Chapters are exactly 10:00 apart. Special thanks to Rewind user marlan for providing these specifications. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 Russia - Ruscico NTSC Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Part One (67:38) "Behind the Scenes" featurette (4:49) Biography of Wladimir Arsenjew (text) Stills Gallery (12 stills) DISC TWO * The Film - Part Two (68:25) Interviews with Yuri Solomin (4:47 & 9:04) Biographies and Filmographies (text) Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 Russia - Ruscico PAL Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Part One (67:38) "Behind the Scenes" featurette (4:49) Biography of Wladimir Arsenjew (text) Stills Gallery (12 stills) DISC TWO * The Film - Part Two (68:25) Interviews with Yuri Solomin (4:47 & 9:04) Biographies and Filmographies (text) Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 United Kingdom - Artificial Eye [2011 Release] Extras: Archive footage of the real Vladimir Arseniev (0:59) "Making the Film" short documentary (4:50) Photo Album (12 stills) "Yuri Solomin is Speaking", interview with the actor who played Vladimir Arseniev: - About Arseniev (3:54) - About Kurosawa (9:04) - About making the film (6:55) - Text biographies of ten of the cast and crew Subtitles: English (forced on Russian track) Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono Case type: Keep Case Notes: All extras are in Russian with English subtitles. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 France - MK2 [2006 Release] Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Part One (67:38) "Behind the Scenes" featurette (4:49) Biography of Wladimir Arsenjew (text) Stills Gallery (12 stills) DISC TWO * The Film - Part Two (68:25) Interviews with Yuri Solomin (4:47 & 9:04) Biographies and Filmographies (text) Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page	Buy this disc from Amazon France
R2 Germany - Icestorm [2007 Release] Extras: Biography and filmography of Akira Kurosawa (6 pages) Dr. Bärbel Dalichow, Director of the Potsdam Film Museum, recalls the German premiere (16:42) "Studio Mosfilm" featurette (3:59) Gallery (31 stills) Bonus Trailers - Liberation (1:20) - War and Peace (1:49) - Icestorm promo (2:29) Subtitles: None Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 United Kingdom - Artificial Eye [2007 Release] Extras: DISC ONE * The Film, part 1 (67:38) Archive footage of the real Vladimir Arseniev (0:59) "Making the Film" short documentary (4:50) Photo Album (12 stills) DISC TWO * The Film, part 2 (68:24) "Yuri Solomin is Speaking", interview with the actor who played Vladimir Arseniev: - About Arseniev (3:54) - About Kurosawa (9:04) - About making the film (6:55) - Text biographies of ten of the cast and crew Subtitles: English (forced on Russian track) Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 Picture Format: Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: All extras are in Russian with English subtitles. Case erroneously states the running time to be 144 mins, that there's a French soundtrack and that there multiple subtitle tracks. This two disc release came out in 2007. It should be note it was re-released in 2011 missing the filmographies and all on a single disc. Special thanks to Rewind user baggish for providing these specifications. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R3 South Korea - Spectrum 3 Disc Edition Extras: DISC ONE * The Film - Part One Vladimir Arseniev Archive text "Making Of" featurette Photo Gallery DISC TWO * The Film - Part Two About the Writer Vladimir Arseniev About the director Akira Kurosawa About the film Cast and Crew details DISC THREE * The Film Subtitles: English, Korean, Russian Aspect Ratio: Multi Aspect Ratio Picture Format: TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): DISCS ONE & TWO Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 DISC THREE Russian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Case type: Special Case Notes: R3/6 encoded. DISCS ONE & TWO are in anamorphic 2.20:1, using a PAL to NTSC transfer. DISC THREE is in non-anamorphic 2.35:1, with an NTSC transfer. DISCS ONE & TWO are transferred from the Ruscico release. DISC ONE suffers from some very bad shimmering problems and the has had the video adjusted to give whiter whites but at cost to the detail levels. DISC THREE's version would appear to be the same as that on the US Kino Video disc. Packaging mistakenly states the third disc includes the "US Version". The versions are identical in content, but using different transfers. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page

OVERALL: Draw

The 2011 UK reissue has an anamorphic transfer in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio with mono audio, though subtitles are not removable.
The Russian PAL, French 2-disc releases have an anamorphic proper PAL transfer with 5.1 audio and optional subtitles, though the transfer is slightly cropped to 2.20:1.

A picture comparison of the 2007 UK release and the 2011 UK release can be seen at Cineoutsider.

Note the film was originally mixed with both 6-track surround for 70mm screenings and in mono for 35mm screenings.
CUTS:
- R0 Deluxe Letterboxed Edition America- Kino Video - No Cuts - American Version (141:30 NTSC)
- R0 Finland- Finnkino - No cuts (135:33 PAL)
- R0 Finland- Pan Vision - No cuts (135 mins PAL)
- R0 NTSC Russia- Ruscico - No cuts (136:03 NTSC->PAL)
- R0 PAL Russia- Ruscico - No cuts (136:03 PAL)
- R0 United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts (136:02 PAL)
- R2 France- MK2 - No cuts (136:03 PAL)
- R2 Germany- Icestorm - No cuts (135:15 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts (136:02 PAL)
- R3 3 Disc Edition South Korea- Spectrum - No Cuts - includes the film with 5.1 audio (136 mins PAL->NTSC) and the film with the original mono (141 mins NTSC)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 27/12/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/12/22

UPDATE LOG:

26/12/11 - Added 2011 UK release.
07/12/22: Added Germany, France.
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Dersu Uzala (1975)

R0 America - Kino Video [2000 Release]
Deluxe Letterboxed Edition

R0 Finland - Finnkino

R0 Finland - Pan Vision

R0 Russia - Ruscico
NTSC

R0 Russia - Ruscico
PAL

R0 United Kingdom - Artificial Eye [2011 Release]

R2 France - MK2 [2006 Release]

R2 Germany - Icestorm [2007 Release]

R2 United Kingdom - Artificial Eye [2007 Release]

R3 South Korea - Spectrum
3 Disc Edition

OVERALL: Draw

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