Comparison between the cut Japanese Laser Disc by JVD Laservision and the uncut version, taken from the German DVD by XT-Video.

6 minutes and 11,5 seconds are missing in 33 scenes.

George Romero's "Day of the Dead" had a hard time with censors around the world due to its high violence level. In many countries, the uncut version was outlawed and/or cut movie versions with various lengths were released in order to reach a broader market. This comparison covers the Japanese market, where two different versions were released. The VHS and Laserdisc by Tohokushinsha / Toei Video were surprisingly only cut in one small scene, whereas harder footage in other places was left in its place. The Laserdisc by JVD Laservision, on the other hand, was cut in basically all of the violence scenes by six minutes and additionally outlawed in 1996. We do not know whether the uncut version was eventually released as well.

The remaining running time difference results from the different running speed of the compared versions.

0 min
The Japanese Version features a few more logos.
32 sec

17 min
The two chained zombies can be seen longer.
2 sec

23 min
The zombie on the stretcher is seen longer. Dr. Logan holds his hand in front of the zombies' mouth and retracts it when the undead guy tries to bite him.
9 sec

24 min
A zombie on the stretcher. Instead of his head, only his brain is still connected to his spine.
4 sec

26 min
Ditto.
2 sec

26 min
The zombie on the stretcher with the open belly turns around and loses his intestines, which fall down to the ground. Sarah turns around while Dr Logan takes a drill and kills the zombie with it.
12 sec

38 min
Sarah dreams of Miguel in bed, turning around to her. His intestines fall out of his open belly.
24 sec

58 min
A zombie bites a piece out of Miller's neck.
2 sec

58 min
Miguel gets a piece bitten out of his arm.
1,5 sec

58 min
Miller holds his neck wound and asks Steel do kill him, which he does.
31 sec

59 min
Sarah chops Miguel's arm off with the machete.
1,5 sec

59 min
Another shot of the severance of the arm.
3 sec

59 min
She now removes the arm completely and then runs out of the picture while John bends over the stump, trying to stop the bleeding.
5,5 sec

59 min
The binding off of the arm can be seen longer, the following shot of Sarah also starts earlier.
2 sec

59 min
Sarah holds the burning torch to the stump.
5 sec

59 min
She removes the torch from the stump and then presses it against it again.
7 sec

65 min
McDermott looks at a corpse.
17 sec

66 min
After the blanket has been removed, a severed head, which is being kept alive by wires, can be seen. It moves its mouth.
4 sec

66 min
Another shot of the head.
3 sec

69 min
The zombie eats a piece of meat. Cut to Sarah and McDermott watching from behind the window.
14 sec

69 min
The zombies continues to eat and then looks straight ahead.
4 sec

69 min
The mangled corpse can be seen longer.
1,5 sec

77 min
The shovel is stuck in the zombie's mouth. After a shot of Sarah, McDermott pushes the shovel down and severes half of the zombies' head, which then rolls to the back.
10 sec

77 min
Sarah and McDermott run away. In the foreground, the halved zombie head can be seen still moving its eyes.
6 sec

79 min
A zombie is being shot without a lot of blood.
7 sec

79 min
A zombie is being killed with a bullet in the head. Another one approaches John from behind and then gets a headshot as well.
23 sec

80 min
The zombies bite into Miguel's neck and chest.
8,5 sec

84 min
The zombies tear off Torrez' head.
15 sec

84 min
Half of Rickles's face is torn off. Another zombie bites off a few of his fingers. Steel flees and shoots two zombies in the head.
29 sec

86 min
A zombie bites a piece out of Steel's neck.
2 sec

86 min
Three zombies are being executed by Steel.
7 sec

86 min
Steel pushes the pistol in his mouth and shoots himself. Blood splatters against the wall behind him. The camera then zooms out and the horde of zombies can be seen approaching Steel.
8 sec

87 min
John is being attacked by a zombie. He pushes the zombie back and shoots it. When he tries to go up the ladder, another zombie attacks him. When he aims at this second zombie, McDermott is faster and shoots it before him.
37 sec

90 min
Rhodes being torn apart by the zombies is missing as well. His lower half is being dragged over the floor and the complete feeding scene afterwards is missing as well.
64 sec