OVERALL: Draw

The Criterions feature additional extras, MPEG-4 encoding, uncompressed audio, and additional optional narration tracks (including the director's preferred Ken Ogata track).
The Spanish release features a different commentary, but only has lossy audio and does not feature any English subtitles for the Japanese dialogue.

Versions:
There are 3 different cuts of the film that have been released:
1) Original release length of 120 minutes
2) 2008 Director's Cut that restored a 1 minute deleted scene (included as a separate bonus feature on the Warner DVD) featuring Chishû Ryû to the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" segment and featured new sky replacement/color timing at the end of the "Runaway Horses" segment
3) 2018 Updated Director's Cut still containing the additional scene and featuring a different sky replacement/color timing at the end of the "Runaway Horses" segment

There are 4 different narration audio tracks that have been released:
1) English narration by Roy Scheider
2) Japanese narration by Ken Ogata
3) English narration (temp track) by Paul Jasmin (Warner DVD)
4) A different English narration (temp track) by Paul Jasmin (Criterion DVD & Blu-ray)

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).
• Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).
• Blu-ray B Germany- Rapid Eye Movies - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:38)
• Blu-ray B Spain- Sherlock Films - No cuts - 2008 director's cut (120:55).
• Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2018 updated director's cut (121:27).

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Comparison added by Markus_Lang on 12/11/14
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 23/03/22

UPDATE LOG:

12/11/14: Initial entry.
20/04/18: Added Criterion releases and DVDBeaver link.
17/05/20: Added Caps-a-holic link, updated notes on Criterion releases, and added Versions information.
23/03/22: Dates, Canada, Germany.