BFI Blu-ray

2015 BFI Blu-ray

BFI Blu-ray, Kadokawa Blu-ray

(A 4K restoration was shown 2019-2021-2025, but no signs of a home video release so far)

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Criterion 4K Blu-ray. See chris's review

1991 Daiei LaserDisc

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray

No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

BFI Streaming

The subtitles of Criterion  and BFI are translated differently. See BR forum.

BFI 4K Blu-ray for video or Criterion Blu-ray for subtitles

BFI 4K Blu-ray, see detailed review However Criterion has better subtitles

Old BFI Blu-ray > Criterion Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray > Toho Blu-ray See DonaldMcDonald's post

BFI 4K Blu-ray

BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR

Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray's OG Perspecta & mono (filtered but still sounds better than unfiltered 2009 Toho Blu-ray).BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and stereo downmix of it; no original mono.

The way Perspecta works is it just changes volume and panning of the mono across L/C/R channels depending on embedded control tones, so realistically all mixes are just the mono, but it's still a big shame that we get a stereo (presumably a downmix of Prespecta...?) rather than than proper mono.

Criterion Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray > Arrow Blu-ray > Japan Blu-ray

Both Arrow and Japan Blu-ray seem to suffer from the gamma bug so contrast is more washed out.