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.: Memorial Photo Album :.
120 Still Promotional Photographs split into 6 menus

Another fantastic extra feature and an example of how a photo gallery should be done! 120 promotional photos are here some I had and hadn't seen before. Definitely a worthwhile addition. All of the photos are selectable from 6 static menus with music.

Memorial Photo Album - Page 1/6 Nice.....sickle! There's plenty of Special Version pics here also

.: How to Make Composite Shots :.
Running Time: 4min 16sec
Various formats/ Non-Anamorphic

What could have been a very uninteresting and pointless featurette turns out to be one of my most watched extras on the disc. I love it! The entire 4 minutes shows us how the composite and CG shots are made. Included are: the 2 shots of Nobus collar exploding; Kiriyama shooting Kusaka in the stomach; fixing a blinking Fujiyoushi; fixing the torch hitting Akamatsu in the face; deleting a building from behind the clinic; the shot of the lighthouse at sunset; Kiriyamas collar exploding; fixing the positioning of Kitanos knife in Fujiyoushis head for the Special Version; CG blood added to Satomi being shot in Special Version; CG blood added as Yutaka is shot in Special Version; CG blood added as Iijima is shot in Special Version; and CG blood added as Kawada is shot by Kiriyama for Special Version. That's a lot of scenes. The whole thing is done without sound effects but Radetsky March and Blue Danube Waltz play as the shots are shown.

Before and After Before and After Left: Original Version :: Right: Special Version

.: Recording at Warsaw Orchestra ver.2 :.
Running Time: 9min 46sec
4:3 Fullscreen
Following on from the previous release, we now have part 2 of the making of the soundtrack. Exactly like part 1, it has no narration or commentary, just a camera pointed at the studio as Masamichi Amano does his thing. If this doesn't convince you to buy the album, I don't know what will!

 

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.: BR: SPECIAL VERSION :.
- Toei Video (Japan)
- Released: 21 May '02
- Region 2
- NTSC
- 122 mins
- ¥ 5,200

.: AUDIO :.
- Japanese Dolby 5.1
- Japanese Dolby 2.0

.: VIDEO :.
- Aspect: 1.85:1 (16x9 Enhanced)
- Dual Layer [change: 1:18:53]

.: SPECIAL FEATURES :.
- Battle Royale: Prologue
- Audition & Rehersal Footage
- Behind the Scenes Footage
- Basketball Behind the Scenes
- Video No Oneesan: Birthday Version
- Memorial Photo Album
- Composite Shots Featurette
- Recording the score at Warsaw ver.2
- 13th Annual Tokyo Film Festival Stage Greetings
- About the Battle with Politicians
- Art Gallery
- TV Spots
- WOWOW TV Spot (Tarantino Version)
- Spot for VHS/DVD Release
- Spot for Featurette VHS
- Easter Eggs!

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