OVERALL: Draw

The Australian Special Edition, French, and UK releases have a DTS track with differing exclusive extras.

Differences between the Hong Kong theatrical version and the Mainland China version can be seen at Movie-Censorship.

CUTS:

• R0 Australia- AV Channel - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (122:57 PAL)
• R0 Special Edition Australia- AV Channel - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (122:57 PAL)
• R0 China- Guang Dong Face Video - Yes - Chinese Theatrical cut with 2 minutes of scenes deleted (127:22 NTSC)
• R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (129:17 NTSC).
• R0 Limited Edition Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (129:17 NTSC).
• R1 America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (128:12 NTSC).
• R2 Édition Collector Limitée France- TF1 Video - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version.
• R2 2 Disc Special Edition Germany- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (123:43 PAL)
• R2 Spain- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts - Hong Kong theatrical version (123:19 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Tartan Video - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (123:14 PAL)
• R3 Limited Edition South Korea- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - Hong Kong Theatrical version (128:52 NTSC).

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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 11/01/05
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 23/07/21

UPDATE LOG:

06/07/10 : R2 UK is also available in the "Wong Kar Wai Collection" boxset.
08/06/16: Updated original language track as Cantonese/Mandarin/Japanese, Australia runtime, China runtime and subtitles, Hong Kong runtimes, Germany specs.
11/08/17: Director name update.
23/07/21: Added Spain.