- The Australian Video version (released by Syme Video) has all censored scenes intact. The scene where Cho's son gets a Ninja Star in the head is intact, the cut scenes of violence at the end of the film between Cho and Braden that most versions worldwide don't have are uncut in the Australian Video version.
- The UK cinema version was cut by over 5 minutes and the video received a further 57 secs of cuts. Among the footage removed were all shots of throwing stars and nunchakus, plus additional cuts to kicks, blows, a blowpipe scene and the fight in the gymnasium. The cuts were fully waived for the 2011 Optimum DVD.
- The version of the film that aired on pay cable channels in the mid 80s (HBO, Showtime and Cinemax)was the full uncut version containing all of the scenes that for some reason were missing on the VHS editions. Those channels used the print that was shown theatrically and not the same print used on the home video versions
- Original theatrical release had cuts implanted to secure an "R" rating rather than an "X". This cut version was released only on VHS by MGM/UA while all the versions on Cable, DVD, and Blu-ray are the unrated cut.
- German version was cut for violence by over two minutes in order to get a "not under 18" rating. Only in 2012 was the uncut version released on DVD and Blu-Ray in Germany with a "not under 18" rating since being removed from the BPjM index list three years prior.
- In the version seen on cable premium channels but edited on video, when Sho stabs Brayden in the stomach, blood spurts out for about a good 5-10 seconds before Sho slices his mask in half. In the video version, this is cut out.
- Other deleted scenes in the movie include the following:
- In the opening scene when Sho Kosugi's family is murdered, a ninja throws a star at his older son. As he falls, you see a close-up of the star stuck in his head. Next is toward the end, when Brayden (evil ninja) hears someone in the stairwell. In the cut version, all you see is Brayden open the door and throw a smoke bomb. The un-cut version has the scene followed by Brayden slicing up both men, including cutting off one of their hands.
- The last cut scene is when Brayden comes down through the celing and stabs two guards in the head with mini-spears.
- The DVD released by MGM contains all the gore the was edited from the VHS version including Brayden's slightly longer death sequence.
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