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Inventories comprise the following: Yen in millions Dollars in thousands
March 31 March 31,
1996 1997 1997
Current:
Finished products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥521,826 ¥527,418 $4,253,371
Work in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,035 119,406 962,952
Raw materials, purchased components and supplies . . . . . 135,411 127,366 1,027,145
Film —released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,761 73,767 594,895
—in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,605 21,843 176,153
¥856,638 ¥869,800 $7,014,516
Noncurrent:
Film —released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥115,796 ¥143,003 $1,153,250
—in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,211 99,724 804,226
¥186,007 ¥242,727 $1,957,476
7. Inventories
Account balances and transactions with affiliated companies are presented below:
Yen in millions Dollars in thousands
March 31 March 31,
1996 1997 1997
Accounts receivable, trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥25,890 ¥13,232 $106,710
Accounts payable, trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 89 718
Yen in millions Dollars in thousands
Year ended March 31 Year ended March 31,
1995 1996 1997 1997
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥226,237 ¥123,623 ¥96,183 $775,669
Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338 2,647 733 5,911
8. Account
balances and
transactions
with affiliated
companies
Cash payments during the year
Cash payments for income taxes were ¥80,499 million, ¥88,565 million and ¥87,723 million ($707,444
thousand) for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively; in these respective years,
interest payments were ¥70,464 million, ¥69,882 million and ¥ 68,004 million ($548,419 thousand).
Noncash investing and financing activities
Capital lease obligations of ¥6,557 million, ¥9,563 million and ¥4,824 million ($38,903 thousand) were
incurred during the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
Conversions of convertible debt into common stock and additional paid-in capital were ¥791 million,
¥680 million and ¥63,578 million ($512,726 thousand) for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and
1997, respectively.
6. Cash flow
information
Accumulated amortization of intangibles and goodwill amounted to ¥151,131 million and ¥188,943 million
($1,523,734 thousand) at March 31, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
5. Accumulated
amortization of
intangibles and
goodwill