Alternate versions for
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• German VHS release omits some of the bloody bullet-impacts. The killing of the Samurai army in the Yakuza tower was completely removed. We only see them lying on the ground.
  
  
• There is an uncut "work print" of the film which includes over 15 minutes of footage in which a character plot for Frank Castle is developed. These scenes were dropped in the final cut, and sequences of this footage were included in the montage of his family's death later in the movie. This workprint was released as a bonus feature in 2006 on XT-Video's (Austria) 2 Disc Special Edition DVD.
  
  
• The R2 Germany (Starlight Film - Ungeschnitten) version is cut by one second. It is missing a close-up shot of the nanny's head (face) sliding down, after being shot (1 secs). It was also released in a lower rating FSK 16 version with approx 5 minutes of violence cut to the film.
  
  
• UK cinema and video versions were cut by 1 min 21 secs with edits to violence including shots of bloody knife wounds, throat stabbings, an ear clap, a neck break, a hand severing and shots of a gun in a man's mouth.
  
  
• The Finnish video version is cut by 11 minutes.
  
  
• The DVD released in R1 America (Artisan), R0 Korea (New World International) is the "R-Rated Theatrical" cut. It misses:
  • Sailor hand being chopped of by blade, on yacht (1 sec).
  • Close-up shot of nanny's head (face) and body sliding down, after being shot (2 secs).
  • Gangsters bodyguard being shot sitting down at restaurant, lots of blood (4 secs).
  • Mr Franco shooting a guard at Tanaka's building, close-up of head shot (1 sec).
  • The Punisher kicking a guard in the red room, we see his body fall through spikes (1 sec).
  
  
  

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