Reservoir Dogs
Japanese LaserDisc · PILF-1699 · widescreen · original OBI
Japanese Pioneer LDC widescreen LaserDisc of Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's feature debut, issued in 1993 with its original wraparound OBI. The edition preserves the film at the moment its Sundance-born independent-cinema reputation was rapidly becoming international cult culture, in a format whose large-format graphic packaging gives the ensemble cast and violent iconography unusual physical presence.
Read the catalogue note →- Catalogue number
- PILF-1699
- Country
- Japan
- Publisher / label
- Pioneer LDC
- Format
- 12-inch LaserDisc · widescreen · 1 disc / 2 sides · CLV
- Video standard
- NTSC
- Discs
- 1
- Recorded sides
- 2 sides
- Runtime
- 100 minutes as printed on Japanese packaging
- Aspect ratio
- Widescreen; exact ratio not stated on supplied physical evidence
- OBI
- EX / near EX; bright, complete wraparound OBI with light handling only
- Condition
- Jacket EX− · OBI EX · disc EX visually
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR rule: jacket, one two-sided LaserDisc and original wraparound OBI are present; no missing issued component has been reported.
Catalogue note
Japanese Pioneer LDC widescreen LaserDisc of Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's feature debut, issued in 1993 with its original wraparound OBI. The edition preserves the film at the moment its Sundance-born independent-cinema reputation was rapidly becoming international cult culture, in a format whose large-format graphic packaging gives the ensemble cast and violent iconography unusual physical presence.
Edition details
Japanese Pioneer LDC widescreen LaserDisc, catalogue PILF-1699, released 25 September 1993. Original OBI present. Physical OBI prints base price ¥4,700 and tax-inclusive price ¥4,841; current retailer databases may display a different tax-adjusted list price.
Condition note
Jacket and OBI present very cleanly with only light handling/edge wear. Both photographed disc sides appear clean with strong reflective surfaces and no obvious major scratches; playback is unverified.
Audio
Stereo · digital sound; playback unverified
Subtitles
Japanese subtitles indicated by physical packaging
Attribution / research note
Physical rear artwork credits Quentin Tarantino as writer-director and names Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney and others. The Japanese package identifies Pioneer LDC and catalogue PILF-1699. The OBI's original printed price is ¥4,700 before tax / ¥4,841 tax-inclusive; later retailer databases show tax-adjusted figures, so the physical packaging is retained as authoritative for this copy.
Why this object matters
The 1993 Pioneer widescreen issue preserves Reservoir Dogs close to its international breakthrough, with the original OBI and large-format packaging. This is outstanding contemporary distribution evidence, without an unsupported unique-transfer or first-Japanese-edition claim.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR rule: jacket, one two-sided LaserDisc and original wraparound OBI are present; no missing issued component has been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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