 Japanese Laserdisc contains the 119 min. Directors Cut of the movie, approx.  10 Minutes longer than the international version. Additional scenes show more  character development as well as some extra shots of violent scenes. Somehow  interesting, this version omits the ending of the movie, when the killer and  the last one left of the "Gonin" die in their seats at the bus while the bus  driver and the small group of young women enters the bus and they all drive  away with the two unrecognized dead men. This cut seems to be made because  the full length ending wouldnt have fit on the second side of this  laserdisc.