anyone found anywhere else mentioning the japanese release? i cant find any info from the usual sources?
if you look closesly tarantino shot the sequenqe for black and white (if u look at the colour shots in the trailer u will see some of the blood is water!) knowing he wouldnt get it past the mpaa but as he embraced the japanese crew he decided to give them a special version
the following is a report on the japanese cinema version from the kill bill forums
spoilers aplenty!!!
The animation sequence had a few extra scenes - most notably when she kills Matsumoto on the bed, you get a really disgusting prolonged shot of his chest cut apart with all the entrails visible.
When Gogo kills the dude in the bar it's a lot more gruesome - again, the entrails are a lot more visible.
During the House of Blue Leaves there was no cut to black and white.
Also, the House of Blue Leaves scene was probably 5 to 10 minutes longer - lots more killing and action. And a few extra scenes with the kid that she spanks with her katana.
At the end when The Bridge is going to interrogate Sophie Fatale, she gives the speech about cutting off body parts that she'll miss. And then she proceeds to cut off her other arm after screaming, and reasonably so, "Give me your other arm."
After the credits there was a "Bootleg Trailer" that had a ton of scenes from Volume 2. Not too much in the way of plot, but some weird scenes of The Bridge with a bunch of creepy hick friends at the wedding chapel.