Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
Would it not be possible to take the video from the Japanese discs and re-author the disc with subtitles from the Criterion edition?

my thoughts exactly, should be done

It should not be a problem to enter subtitles at all. If you get a text document of the subtitles from the Criterion edition, you can just dump that into a program such as Adobe Encore DVD to make new text subtitles over the Japanese video . You would prob still need to have someone watch the Criterion edition and mark down the punch in and punch out times for each subtitle so they match up under the correct dialog. This sounds like a major costly project for sure.

So the Japanese discs look better then that new German set? Does the Japanese version have the restored beating sceen?

If so, do we need:

Video From: Japanese Discs
Mono English: U.S. basic DVD version
Mono Italian: German Set
Subtitles: Criterion edition

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