Are japan and hong kong movies the same?

Question

I bought the hong kong version of scream and the japanese version has the uncut versioni want to know if the versions released are the same

Answer 1

the uncut version will have more  to it then the other version  

Answer 2

Hmm.. well.. it seems in Japan there is one version with both director's cut and a theatrical release. If you only have the theatrical release, then yours is cut. However, I could not find any HK versions.

According to imdb the runtime is 111 minutes for the R rated one, so if you have a version longer than that, it is probably the director's cut.

Answer 3

I honestly don't know if there is a difference, but if my instinct tells me correctly I would have to say that they would be different.  Different countries, different religions, different languages, different standards: =different versions.

Just as a film on american TV is edited for content, I have heard that different countries edit for content as well.