Remastered Kurosawa samurai dvds

I'm not going to do a full review of these two Japanese classics; a lot has been written about them and more in depth than I could ever do. But I will say that having owned the original Criterion dvds, these are superior quality prints. I could never figure out what happened on the original dvds -- for instance, on the original Sanjuro dvd, there were artifacts, pinholes and damage to the print, making it even worse than the VHS release. The sound was murky as well. Here, we get the original 3 channel stereo that was used for both films, and the image quality is far superior. And the extras include the episodes of It's Wonderful to Create, a good documentary about Akira Kurosawa and the making of his films -- of course the episodes here deal with the mentioned films. Copious notes abound in the booklets. If you have been on the fence about upgrading, jump off and buy these. You won't be disappointed.