UK and German versions were both cut for violence reasons. The UK release is shortened by 15 seconds due to the BBFC's strict policies on ninja violence at the time. The German theatrical and VHS releases were cut by almost two minutes to tone down the violence, nonetheless the BPjM indexed the movie from 1985-2010. Shortly after being deleted from the index list, the uncut version was released on DVD in Germany, albeit unverified since a new FSK rating has yet to be tested.