In some Japanese versions, the gay bar scene is cut out.
The UK VHS version apparently inadvertently left out two shots during the film's ending: The suicide ending to "Kiyoko's House" and the burning of the pavilion in "Temple of the Golden Pavillion."
The version transmitted by Channel 4 television in the UK does not have Roy Scheider's narration and is entirely in the Japanese language.
The U.S. DVD reissue on Warner Bros. does not have Roy Scheider's narration; it has been replaced with an uncredited narrator, probably due to legal or technical issues. The disc does, however, feature the Japanese-language narration track along with English subtitles.