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Seven Samurai (1954) [1080p] x264 - Jalucian
Type:
Video > HD - Movies
Files:
3
Size:
3.77 GiB (4052174576 Bytes)
Info:
IMDB
Spoken language(s):
Japanese
Texted language(s):
English
Tag(s):
Seven Samurai Kurosawa director's commentary commentary criterion 1080p x264 mp4 Jalucian
Uploaded:
2013-06-19 10:10:23 GMT
By:
jalucian
Seeders:
0
Leechers:
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Comments
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Info Hash:
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IMDB RATING: 8.8


Plot:

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. 



CONTAINER....................: MP4
FORMAT.......................: X264
GENRE........................: Drama
FILE SIZE....................: 3.77 GB
RESOLUTION/ASPECT RATIO......: 1080p @ 4:3 (1440x1080)
BITRATE MODE.................: Variable
AVG. VIDEO BITRATE...........: 2250kbps
AVG. AUDIO FORMAT/BITRATE....: AAC/160kbps (96kbps for both commentary tracks)
CHANNELS.....................: 1, Dolby Pro Logic II
SAMPLING RATE................: 48.0 KHz
FRAME RATE...................: 23.976 fps
LANGUAGE.....................: Japanese (both commentary tracks English)
SUBTITLES....................: English, soft-coded
RUNTIME......................: 3:27:04


Notes:

Considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time and definitely one of Akira Kurosawa's greatest works. It is ranked 17th on IMDb's top 250 movies. There's only one other torrent of this in 1080p under 13gigs, but for some reason that encoder chose not to include either of the commentary tracks, which really give insight into what makes this film so great. The first commentary track is by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck, which was recorded exclusively for Criterion in 1988. The second commentary track is "The Scholar's Roundtable" which are scholars and critics David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie discussing Seven Samurai, recorded between 2005 and 2006.

All three audio tracks are single channel mono because the source was all mono due to the age of the film.

Also, now that the mp4 container supports soft-coded subtitles, I may not be including .srt subtitle files with my encodes. At this point I'm still considering whether to include external subs. Not every will still need an external .srt subtitle file since subs can now be soft-coded directly into the mp4 container, and for those who do, it only takes about 60 seconds and a visit to subscene.com to get whatever language they need, so .srt files will probably be phased out on future encodes. Feel free to discuss the pros and cons of this in the comments section of this torrent and I'll consider everyone's feedback.

Bitrates listed are variable, using multi-pass encoding for maximum quality, which means the numbers you see are average bitrates.

Please seed as long as possible, preferably until reaching a share ratio of at least 3:1.

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Comments

Would it be possible to upload a 720p version?
I suppose I could, once I get a few more requests done. Just out of curiosity though, is there some reason you can't use the 1080 version? I usually try and use the highest resolution source available. Even if a computer monitor is below 1080p (1600x900 for example) VLC auto-sizes it to fit. I'm not sure if the same is true for TV's - maybe you could explain.
It's kind of a big file and my graphics card can't handle 1080p. Totally up to you whether you wanna reup this one. Your torrents are all stellar and it's awesome that you go the extra mile to include commentaries and extras. Thanks for all your hard work!
Great suggestion dalesteyn, but if that doesn't work for you jericho_cane let me know and I'll do a 720p with a lower bit rate.
Excellent work as usual.
Thanks a lot to jalucian.

Great video and audio quality for a 50s movie.
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