- The Special Version includes the following:
- Redone opening titles
- Redone sound effects
- Added CGI blood to make the shootouts more graphic Also, many shots were added, deleted, reedited, and extended for pacing and clarity purposes, including the following:
- A longer basketball sequence
- Added reaction shots of the kids in the classroom to Kitano's "Do you know this law" question, and after Kuninobu's death.
- A flashback shot of Mizuho and Inada and Kaori Minami to remind us of who they were when we see their bodies.
- Closer shots of Takiguchi and Hatagami's corpses
- An additional shot of Nanahara weeping at the top of the lighthouse
- Additional shots of postcards from Mimura's uncle
- Kitano shutting down power to the computers and ordering the soldiers to reboot after the Third Man attack
- A scene with Mitsuko as a 9-year-old coming home to find a pedophile in her house.
- An additional shot of Mimura triggering the explosives on the truck
- Requiems that show the real flashbacks, and we hear the dialog during Noriko's dream.
- The German version was supposed to be released uncut with a SPIO/JK approval (that basically states that the film doesn't violate the law (§131, glorification of violence)), a FSK rating was out of the question due to the excessive violence. But due to various circumstances at the time (political climate, the 2002 shooting at a school in Erfurt), the approval was denied. To release the film at all, German distributor Kinowelt had to cut the film. This cut version still only had the SPIO/JK approval and no FSK rating. Among the cut scenes were the following:
- Kitano killing Fujiyoshi with his knife
- Kitano killing Nobu by activating the collar
- All notes telling the viewer who was killed and how many survivors were left were deleted
- Mitsuko killing Megumi with a sickle
- Much of Kitanos comments, such as "It's tough when friends die on you, but hang in there!"
- Kiriyama killing the two girls with the MP was shortened
- View of Kitano's picture was shortened
- Nanahara saying "She took the knife that Nobu use to stab Kitano from the desk." In 2004 the film was re-released by Marketing Film, this time it was uncut.
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