French Kurosawa DVD Bonanza

[Roddey Reid]

My sense is that these are PAL format and region 2 DVDs that won't 
play on standard US market NTSC DVD players. Perhaps I am wrong.

Roddey Reid

>Gaumont-Columbia-Tristar Video has just released a set of  6 
>Kurosawa DVDs: La Legende du grand judo (Sanshiro Sugata), Le 
>Chateau de l'araignee (Throne of Blood), La Fortresse cachee (Hidden 
>Fortress), Sanjuro, Barberousse (Redbeard), and Dodeskaden.  Le 
>Chateau has, as a bonus, Chris Marker's AK.  It looks like you can 
>get the whole batch as a boxed set, at a discount. Details at:
>
><http://www.alapage.com/mx/?id=87051007438276&donnee_appel=ALAPAGE&tp=PHP&type=4&code_rubrique=0410024624 >
>
>I'll be interested in hearing about the quality level of these releases.
>
>Michael Kerpan
>Boston, MA