This is a wonderful movie, but do not buy this DVD. The technical information omits the publisher, but it's Mei Ah, a Hong Kong company that produces a number of Kurosawa films. Unfortunately, they seem to add subtitles by translating the Japanese into Chinese and then translating the Chinese into English. The result is some of the worst subtitles I have ever seen. The transfer quality is poor too, but the subtitles are the real killer. If you want to see this movie, get the VHS or wait for somebody like Criterion to publish a high-quality DVD.