 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 its 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 90s and has been shown its original 108  min. uncut version on cable networks since then.