The U.K. DVD release has lost 27 minutes of runtime - Only 152 minutes

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2002)

Great, great film; but I will be returning my copy of the DVD because it has lost 27 minutes of footage. This is not the version that I have seen before with all the wonderful pace Kurosawa draws into the film.
The DVD is butchered and not worth watching, wait for the full version when ever that may be; but the wait will be worth it.
Runtime of the butchered version is 152 minutes Runtime of the full version is 179 minutes.
I hope this helps.