Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

OVERALL: R2

Region 2 Japanese regular or Limited Edition, for additional extra features, longer animated sequence and "The House Of Leaves" fight in colour.

DTS purists might note the full bitrate track on the Croatian release (though it's the shorter cut). The French R2 UE box also has the soundtracks for both movies.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For a visual comparison of the Japanese version and the US version, go HERE.
CUTS:
- R0 Croatia- UCD - No cuts. "R-rated theatrical version". Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R1 America - (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) - "R-rated theatrical version". Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R2 France- TF1 Video - No cuts. "R-rated Theatrical Version".
- R2 Germany - (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R2 Holland- RCV - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R2 Japan - (Universal Pictures) - No Cuts - Includes the fight in the house of leaves scene in colour with added fight scenes and a longer animated sequence. (111:39 – NTSC).
  Added/changed footage in the Japanese version:
  (0:00.43)
  - The Japanese cut replaces the Old Klingon Proverb "Revenge is a dish best served cold" at the beginning of the film with a dedication to filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku .
  (0:10.00 )
  - The opening scene between The Bride and Vernita Green has two alternate angles shown when The Bride asks for a towel instead as the R-rated having the overhead shot.
  (0:37.24) 4.5 Sec Anime sequence
  - In the anime sequence, one of Boss Matsumoto's men has his face smashed into a wall twice, rather then just once. A close up shot on the man faling down on the floor
  (0:41.10) 8 Sec Anime sequence
  - In the anime sequence, when O-Ren Ishii kills Matsumoto and tells him to look at her face, she asks him to look at more facial features (nose, chin. etc.) to be recognized.
  (0:41.47) 1.5 Sec Anime sequence
  - There is a close up shot of O-Ren moving the knife up his stomach and then finally pulling it out.
  (0:41.55) 2 Sec Anime sequence
  - A close up shot on the dying Matsumuto
  (0:42.01) 6 Sec Anime sequence
  - A distant shot of O-Ren sitting ontop Matsumoto. Blood squirts out of Matsumotos belly.
  (0:60.54) 0.7 Sec
  - In the bar scene ,Gogo Yubari is stabbing a man in the stomach and you see blood and guts squirt out of the belly.
  (1:14.53) 1 Sec
  - The scene when the bride choppes of the arm on Sophie last a bit longer while she lying on the floor screaming
  (1:15.31) 0.5 Sec
  - The close up scene of Sophie lies on the floor screaming is longer.
  (1:17.21) 3 Sec
  - A close up of the first female Crazy 88 (Julie Manase) gargling blood after being pinned to a wooden pillar by a sword.
  (1:23.25) 2.5 Sec
  - A shot of The Bride stabbing two Crazy 88s at once using her own sword as well as another Crazy 88's sword.
  (1:23.33) 3 Sec
  - A ten foot high super back flip that The Bride executes before landing back down to pop out one of the Crazy 88's eyes. (This is just before the eye-popping scene)
  Between time index (1:23.37-1:27.37 ) 3mins 32 sec
  - All scenes during this time are in full colour in this Japanese version while the R-rated version is Black and White.
  (1:23.41) 2.5 Sec
  - The Bride pops the eyeball into the mouth of a Crazy 88 (which she yanked in the previous shot) ,and the partially armless Sofie Fatale giving a disgusted reaction.
  (1:24.01) 2 Sec
  - A sword blow. The blood injects out of the neck area (Shot from behind)
  (1:24.20) 10 sec
  - The first appearance of the "Kid Crazy 88" (the one who gets spanked with the sword). In this shot, we now find out why he's missing a mask later on. As he's about to attack The Bride, she swipes his mask off. We see he's just a kid, and he gives the universal "don't hurt me" sign. The Bride has a look of shock on her face in realizing he's just a kid, so she grabs him, throws him across, knocking 3-4 Crazy 88 into a blood filled mini pool. This shot of the 3-4 falling, while cut from the US version of Vol 1, also showed up in the end credits of the US cut of Vol 2. Overall, this "mini scene" helps establish The Bride's look of surprise even more when she sees the young Crazy 88 the last time... and his follow up "don't hurt me" look even funnier.
  (1:24.36 ) 1.5 Sec
  - A shot of a Crazy 88 getting slashed across the chest and spraying blood all over a wall.
  (1:24.54) 3.5 Sec
  - When The Bride jumps onto the shoulders of one of the Crazy 88, after she slashes another one across the face, the Crazy 88 she's standing on tries to attack her from below. She parries the attack and cuts his hands off. The shot then cuts to the forward somersault.
  (1:27.37 )
  - Since the fight is already in colour, the close up "eye shot" of The Bride blinking is cut. Instead, the first part of the close up before she blinks is shown, however, at the point when she normally blinks, there is a replacement medium shot of her standing slightly fatigued and holding her sword out.
  (1:41.17) 10 Sec
  - Finally, after the "House of Blue Leaves" fight, is the most infamous of the missing scenes and that is Sofie Fatale's extended "trunk interrogation" scene. After The Bride warns Sofie about cutting off something, instead of cutting back to Sofie in the hospital, The Bride is shown grabbing Sofie's arm and screams "GIVE ME YOUR OTHER ARM!" Sofie starts to panic, but then The Bride chops off her other arm, causing blood to splash onto the screen and Sofie begins screaming again.
- R2 LE Japan - (Universal Pictures) - No Cuts - Includes the fight in the house of leaves scene in colour with added fight scenes and a longer animated sequence. (111:39 – NTSC). This is exactly the same version as the regular Japanese release. (See above for details)
- R2 Scandinavia - (Nordisk Film) - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R2 United Kingdom - (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R3 Hong Kong - (Universe Video And Laser) - "R-rated theatrical version". Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R3 Thailand - (Mongpong) - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
- R4 Australia - (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) - "R-rated theatrical version" - 106:09 (PAL). Comparing to the "longer version", the differences are:
  -A shorter animated sequence
  -The House Of Leaves fight (2nd part of the fight - appr. 3:32 min) is in black and white (rather than colour).
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on April 7th 2004
Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on April 19th 2008

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