Further observations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=512YgC0Iimw
I firmly believe the older edit is the theatrical one because of its presence in the Shochiku Home Video LD, a release known to be made with a theatrical element with stuff like cue marks and the MPAA card.
Wow this wouldn’t be the first time MGM had editing errors in a master of theirs
Just thinking of the missing frames and shots on the 1998 DVD of GBU