Different DVD versions of Kikujiro |
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| Title: Kikujiro (Film / CD Combo) |
| Production Company: [Bootleg] |
| Country: China |
| Region (Format): 0 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: English, Japanese and Chinese |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Additional material: 14 minute "Making of" (Japanese only), trailer and CD with soundtrack of the film. |
| Notes: A bootleg. The
announcement on eBay says, that this DVD is a "rare gatefold release
from Bandai Home Video". If so, how come it never has been mentioned by
other etailers nor Bandai themselves. Furthermore, while the front of
the DVD says Bandai, the DVD contains Chinese subtitles, which never
has been part of a Bandai release. [Inside DVD picture] |
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| Title: Complete Collection of Takeshi Kitano [Bootleg] |
| Production Company: [Bootleg] |
| Country: China |
| Release date: 2004-01-01 |
| Region (Format): 0 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: see notes* |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
Notes: This is a DVD5 Chinese
bootleg, not as "advertised" of the Bandai "Kitano Takeshi Kantoku
Zenshu", but of Bandai DVD editions including both "Brother" and
"Dolls", with the exception of "Violent Cop", which is a bootleg of Fox
Lorber.
- Where the original "Kitano Takeshi Kantoku Zenshu" is a box with 10
DVDs, the Bootleg is a "DVD" (VHS width) containing 10 DVDs in pair
plastic wrapping. (see picture)
- Where the original has gold base, the bootleg has a silver base.
- Each DVD has the films poster printed on it.
- "Violent Cop" has English subtitles and is a copy of the Fox Lorber DVD.
- "Getting Any?" has English and Chinese subtitles and is a copy of the Summit DVD.
- All other DVD's, "Boiling Point" to "Dolls" are copies of the Bandai DVD's.
- They have original menu, but parts are disabled. Only play, chapters and trailer are available.
- "Hana-Bi", "Kikujiro" and "Dolls" have Chinese, Japanese and English subtitles.
- "A Scene at the Sea", "Kids return" and "Brother" have Chinese and English subtitles.
- "Boiling Point" and "Sonatine" have no subtitles.
- All DVDs has 2.0 Dolby Digital sound, except "Dolls" which is in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
- The "Dolls" DVD has errors on it and has problem being replayed on
stand alone players. The "Kikujiro" DVD has ghosting problems.
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| Title: Kikujiro |
| Production Company: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Country: USA |
| Release date: 2000-12-12 |
| Region (Format): 1 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese and French (Dub) |
| Subtitles: English, French and Spanish |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: $29.95 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Trailer, Cast and Crew biography |
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| Title: Kikujiro no Natsu |
| Production Company: Bandai |
| Country: Japan |
| Release date: 2000-01-25 |
| Region (Format): 2 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: English and Japanese |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: ¥5000 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: 14 minute "Making of", trailer, 4 page booklet (Japanese) |
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| Title: Kitano Takeshi Kantoku Zenshu (Complete Collection of Director Takeshi Kitano) |
| Production Company: Bandai |
| Country: Japan |
| Release date: 2001-01-25 |
| Region (Format): 2 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: see notes* |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: ¥40.000 |
| Additional material: A box set containing the first 8 films by Kitano ("Violent Cop" to "Kikujiro"). The 9th DVD is called "Brother Special" and has interviews and trailers. The box comes with a booklet about all films. |
| Notes: Where some etailers note subtitles, even English, others dont. However, it seems highly unlikely, that Bandai would make English subtitles for a limited box set only and then not update their stand alone DVD editions. Thus, only "Hana-Bi" and "Kikujiro" have subtitles, including English. There is no English subtitles on the "Brother Special" DVD. The box is also noted OOP (Out of Print). Click thumbnail to see entire set. |
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| Title: Kikujiro (Festival Series) |
| Production Company: Sandrew Metronome |
| Country: Denmark |
| Release date: 2008-03-11 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish |
| Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16x9) |
| Price: Dkr 99 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Interview with Kitano, Trailer |
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| Title: L'Eté de Kikujiro |
| Production Company: TF1 Vidéo |
| Country: France |
| Release date: 2002-02-03 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese and French (Dub) |
| Subtitles: French |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Price: €22.00 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: 24 minute interview with Kitano, biography, filmography and production notes. |
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| Title: Kikujiros Sommer |
| Production Company: Al!ve AG |
| Country: Germany |
| Release date: 2004-03-29 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese and 5.1 Dolby Digital German (dub) |
| Subtitles: German |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: €19.99 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Interview with Kitano (24:20), Filmography, Trailer |
| Notes: The source is the same as FilmFreaks and even a 44% higher bitrate doesn't improve the picture. The interview is the same as on the French TF1 DVD, just with German subtitles. |
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| Title: Kikujiro - een zomerse roadmovie |
| Production Company: De Filmfreak |
| Country: Nederlands |
| Release date: 2003-12-08 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: Dutch and French |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: €14.99 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: "Jam Session" (Making off documentry by Makato Shinozaki 93 minutes - subtitled), Picture Gallery, Trailer. |
| Notes: The cover has an error, suggesting "Jam Session" to be anamorphic encoded (16x9). It is not. |
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| Title: El Varano de Kikujiro |
| Production Company: Manga Films |
| Country: Spain |
| Release date: 2001-11-21 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese and Spanish (Dub) |
| Subtitles: Spanish |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Price: €14.99 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Trailers, filmography |
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| Title: Kikujiro |
| Production Company: Pathé |
| Country: United Kingdom |
| Release date: 2005-09-26 |
| Region (Format): 2 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: English |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Price: £15.99 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: No extras |
Notes: A DVD 5 release.
The release should originally had been released May 24th, 2004, but was put on hold due to technical problems. |
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| Title: Kikujiro |
| Production Company: Edko |
| Country: Hong Kong |
| Release date: 2000-12-01 |
| Region (Format): 3 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 5.1 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: English and Chinese |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Price: HK$85 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: none |
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| Title: Summer of Kikujiro |
| Production Company: Enter One |
| Country: Korea |
| Release date: 2003-02-17 |
| Region (Format): 3 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese |
| Subtitles: English, Korean and Chinese |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: $29.95 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Trailer, Interview with Kitano and Hisaishi (4 minutes) and "Making of" featurette (12 minutes). |
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| Title: Kitano Takeshi Collection 1990~2003 |
| Production Company: Alto Media |
| Country: Korea |
| Release date: 2006-04-25 |
| Region (Format): 3 (NTSC) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese, 5.1 Dolby Digital Japanese, DTS Japanse |
| Subtitles: English, Korean, None |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9) |
| Price: $79,95 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Diverse |
| Notes: Contains all films directed by Kitano, from Violent Cop to Zatoichi. |
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| Title: Кикуджиро |
| Production Company: Premier Digital |
| Country: Russia |
| Release date: 2001-01-01 |
| Region (Format): 5 (PAL) |
| Sound: 2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese and Russian (Voice Over) |
| Subtitles: Russian |
| Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Price: RUB344 |
| Etailer: [suggested etailer] |
| Additional material: Trailer, audio commentary, infomations about Kitano and Hisaishi. |
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