 The 1976 U.S. Cinema Shares release omits approximately 3 minutes from the  original Japanese version in order to get a G rating. The deleted scenes  include: the opening credits; a brief shot of young Rokuro being abducted and  taken away in a car; several shots of the kidnapers in a truck, with pages  from nudie magazines hanging behind them; an extended fight scene as Hiroshi  escapes from the Seatopian; the kidnapers throwing a man off a cliff; the  kidnapers asking "what the hell is that?" and yelling "go to hell!"; several  brief shots of blood and violence when the brothers break into their home;  the Commander getting crushed to death by a giant boulder. This is the  version that remains available on several cut