does anyone have the Unrated Japanese Laserdisc that they could preserve onto DVD?. i have the first workprint version (there is a workprint ‘B’ out now) with lots of additional scenes but quality is not great and the only offical dvd releases are the cut down R-rated version.

the comparison at dvdcompare (a local for me) says

The Japan Laserdisc “Unrated version” has a running time of 89.20 mins (NTSC), 18 Seconds longer then the “R-rated Theatrical” (NTSC) version, what mainly misses two bloody shots in the head and a boat crew member hand being cut off.

and the listing for it is here at http://japanld.free.fr/laserdisc.php?id=31123

i couldn’t find a request thread so i am sorry for opening a new thread for this.