Editing Seven Samurai (section)

===4K restoration===
In 2016, [[Toho]] carried out a six-month-long [[4K resolution|4K]] restoration, along with Kurosawa's ''[[Ikiru]]'' (1952). As the whereabouts of ''Seven Samurai'''s original negative are unknown, second-generation fine-grain positive and third-generation duplicate negative elements were used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/744265.html|title=4K Restoration Aiming at Highest Quality for Seven Samurai and Ikiru (Japanese)|date=February 22, 2016|publisher=AV Watch|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108123004/https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/744265.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160223/k10010419301000.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223104038/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160223/k10010419301000.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2016|title=Seven Samurai Restored with 4K High Image Quality|publisher=NHK News}}</ref> It is available as a [[Digital Cinema Package]] from the [[British Film Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/distribution/node/3589|title=Seven Samurai (4K Restoration) &#124; Distribution|website=British Film Institute|access-date=June 3, 2021|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603155304/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/distribution/node/3589|url-status=live}}</ref> This version was first released on [[4K Blu-ray]] in Japan as [[standard-dynamic-range video]] in June 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tohotheaterstore.jp/items/TBR33123D|title=Seven Samurai (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray) &#124; Distribution|website=Toho Co., Ltd.|access-date=January 25, 2024|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125040157/https://tohotheaterstore.jp/items/TBR33123D|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tohotheaterstore.jp/items/TBR33124D|title=Seven Samurai (Blu-ray) &#124; Distribution|website=Toho Co., Ltd.|access-date=January 25, 2024|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125040550/https://tohotheaterstore.jp/items/TBR33124D|url-status=live}}</ref> and was released on home video by the [[British Film Institute]] .<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Samurai 4K Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34944 |website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=2 August 2024 |date=1 August 2024}}</ref>