OVERALL: Draw

Identical specs. Only region coding differences for the regular Blu-ray.

There are 3 different cuts of the film that have been released:
1) Original release length of 120 minutes
2) 2008 Director's Cut that restored a 1 minute deleted scene (included as a separate bonus feature on the Warner DVD) featuring Chishu Ryu to the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" segment and featured new sky replacement/color timing at the end of the "Runaway Horses" segment
3) 2018 Updated Director's Cut still containing the additional scene and featuring a different sky replacement/color timing at the end of the "Runaway Horses" segment

There are 4 different narration audio tracks that have been released:
1) English narration by Roy Scheider
2) Japanese narration by Ken Ogata
3) English narration (temp track) by Paul Jasmin (Warner DVD)
4) A different English narration (temp track) by Paul Jasmin (Criterion DVD & Blu-ray)

CUTS:

• Blu-ray ALL America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).
• Blu-ray ALL Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).
• Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).

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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 10/06/25
Comparison last updated by Rob_Hunt on 10/06/25

UPDATE LOG:

10/06/25: Initial entry.
10/06/25: Added UK release.