- The movie was renamed "Sword of the Ninja" for the U.S. Television version shown and was drastically reedited by about ten minutes due to it's graphic violence (decapitations, gun play, etc.) It also features commercial interludes that go into a silver portrait that would stop the film where the commercial break would begin and then return to the film after the commercial with the same interlude fading back into the film. This version of the film has rarely been seen since the late 90's and has been shown it's original 108 min. uncut version on cable networks since then.
- In Australia, the film was cut to garner an 'M' rating for its theatrical distribution but the uncut 'R' rated version was released on home videocassette there.
- To get a "not under 18" rating while also avoid being indexed, German version cuts 30 seconds of the movie to remove a decapitation and reduce violence in a couple of other scenes. Although deleted from the index list in 2011, only in 2014 did Germany get this movie uncut and was also granted a "not under 16" rating.
- TV Version, Sword of the Ninja, was recut by the director and runs 97 m.
- Released directly to Japanese home video in 112 minute length.
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