And I've only seen the Director's Cut, so I'm not in a position to offer a comparison. Also can't comment on the quality of any of the DVD releases because, as mentioned earlier, I caught a theatrical screening of the film. But since my post back in April in which I listed the running-times of the two then-available DVD versions, another 3-disc set from HK's Panorama has surfaced. Needless to say, it contains the Director's Cut like the Taiwanese DVD did, and it's reviewed here. 

After This Our Exile came very close to cracking my 30 Best "Undistributed" Films list, which, if I may say so, contains more good films than in the years past. For the final available spot, I narrowed it down to this, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and The Counterfeiters, but I went with the Japanese anime for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it's the one which needs the most exposure. Sorry, Mr. Tam, but as you can see I'm still fully supporting your film.