OVERALL: Draw

The US Criterion 3 disc re-issue has the lengthiest extras, the original mono and remixed 4.0 audio.
The Japanese release has the original mono and remixed 5.1 and 2.0 surround tracks, but with fewer extras.
The South Korean release has remixed 5.1 and stereo tracks with more extras than the Japanese release, but lacks the original mono and has less extras compared to the US Criterion re-issue.
The Swiss release has an exclusive documentary.
The French 2 disc set has some unique extras, but the subtitles are in French and not removable.

CUTS:

• R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts
• R0 Special Edition South Korea- CineKorea - No cuts - with intermission (206:26 NTSC).
• R0 Switzerland- Trigon Film - No cuts - without intermission (193:14 PAL)
• R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - with intermission (206:16 NTSC)
• R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - with intermission (206:16 NTSC)
• R1 Re-issue America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - with intermission (206:42 NTSC)
• R2 France- Fravidis/Opening - No cuts
• R2 Germany- KSM - Yes - German theatrical cut (154:53 PAL).
• R2 Germany- Pegasus/KSM - Yes - German theatrical cut (152:22 PAL), with added new copyright credits (152:49 PAL)
• R2 3 Disc Edition Germany- New KSM - No cuts - Includes the original Japanese theatrical cut without intermission (193:12 PAL) and the German theatrical cut (154:53 PAL).
• R2 Holland- Total Film - No cuts
• R2 Italy- Mondo Home Entertainment - No cuts
• R2 Japan- Toho - No cuts - with intermission (206:26 NTSC)
• R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts - with intermission (206:26 NTSC->PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - without intermission (189:11 PAL)
• R4 Australia- The AV Channel - No cuts - with intermission (201:29 NTSC->PAL) or without intermission (206:37 NTSC->PAL)

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Comparison added by Craig on 15/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/07/22

UPDATE LOG:

04/10/10 - Added R2 Holland.
06/11/19: Added Germany x3, updated US x2, South Korea, Japan, UK, Australia.
26/02/20: Added US AK 100.
19/07/22: Added Swiss.