Cast & Crew

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Writing Credits

Hiroaki Samura
(manga)
Tetsuya Oishi
(screenplay)

Cast

Takuya Kimura
Manji
Hana Sugisaki
Rin Asano / Machi, Manji's sister
Sôta Fukushi
Anotsu Kagehisa
Hayato Ichihara
Shira
Erika Toda
Makie Otono-Tachibana
Kazuki Kitamura
Sabato Kuroi
Chiaki Kuriyama
Hyakurin
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Taito Magatsu
Ken Kaneko
Hishiyasu Shido
Yôko Yamamoto
Yaobikuni
Ebizô Ichikawa
Eiku Shizuma
Seizô Fukumoto
Swordsmith
Min Tanaka
Kagimura Habaki
Masayuki Deai
Uruma
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Kensui Ibane
Takashi Kitadai
Giichi
Ryûji Kasahara
(as Ryuji Kasahara)
Renji Ishibashi
Abayama
Haruna Kishimoto
Daughter of tea house
Shima Ônishi
(as Shima Ohnishi)
Libby Brien
Yaobikuni, Makie, Lady 2
Philip Hersh
Manji
Jon Iles
TV promo

Produced by

Osamu Aranami
executive producer
Tetsu Fujimura
associate producer
Keiji Kameyama
executive producer
Alainée Kent
associate producer
Hiroyoshi Koiwai
executive producer
Shigeji Maeda
producer
Nao Okawa
executive producer
Toshiaki Okuno
executive producer
Misako Saka
producer
Jeong Tae-sung
executive producer
Jeremy Thomas
producer
Peter Watson
executive producer
Osamu Yoshiba
executive producer

Music by

Kôji Endô

Cinematography by

Nobuyasu Kita

Editing by

Kenji Yamashita

Production Design by

Toshiyuki Matsumiya

Set Decoration by

Koji Kiwanami
(as Hiroshi Kiwanami)

Costume Design by

Yûya Maeda

Makeup Department

Junko Ishibe
makeup & hair artist
Masashi Kawata
makeup artist
Makiko Kitagawa
hair stylist
Michiko Koike
hair stylist
Mari
makeup & hair artist
Yuichi Matui
special make-up
Norihiro Miyoshi
special make-up
Yae Nakayama
makeup & hair assistant
Koji Ohmura
makeup artist
Keisuke Sakai
makeup & hair: Takuya Kimura
Koji Tanaka
tattoo artist
Noboru Tomizawa
hair and make-up director

Production Management

Tomonori Aoki
production manager
Kanoko Emoto
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Takuya Fujii
assistant director support
Yoshihisa Kono
assistant director
Tomonobu Koshi
assistant director (as Tomonobu Kochi)
Ryûsuke Kurahashi
assistant director
Ken'ichirô Nishiumi
assistant director support
Toi Sonoda
assistant director
Masayuki Yamaguchi
assistant director
Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
assistant director support

Art Department

Takashi Aonuma
painter
Shohei Enoki
painter
Akihito Fujiwara
backgrounds
Yuichiro Hasegawa
assistant set decorator
Hiroyoki Hata
greensperson
Shûji Inoue
special weapons moulder (as Shuji Inoue)
Emi Isayama
backgrounds
Yoshihiro Ishimura
assistant set decorator
Hiroyuki Jinbo
special weapons moulder
Ryota Kotaka
sets
Akira Maeda
special weapons moulder
Mariko Maruyama
painter
Kayoko Matsuda
assistant art director
Tomoaki Matsuda
fittings
Keita Morimoto
special weapons moulder
Sho Nahata
assistant art director
Yukio Nishikawa
assistant set decorator
Yasuharu Nishimura
sliding screens
Shintaro Okada
painter
Mika Okamoto
calligraphy
Yasuyoshi Ototake
assistant art director
Akira Sakamoto
special weapons master
Kozo Shima
special props
Hiromitsu Souma
storyboard artist
Natsuyo Tajima
backgrounds
Yuriko Tsuneoka
painter
Kouji Ueda
assistant set decorator
Masahiko Yatake
labourer
Akiko Yoshida
painter

Sound Department

Masaya Honda
sound effects editor
Hiromi Ijima
foley artist
Akira Ito
lead foley artist
Masatoshi Katsumata
supervising sound editor
Sakura Katsumata
foley artist
Haruna Kawashima
sound assistant
Keiichi Kobayashi
sound support
Sho Nahata
sound support
Kentarô Oguro
sound assistant
Akihiko Okase
lead foley artist
Sosuke Ota
studio coordinator
Norihito Sorimachi
sound assistant
Naoki Takeda
studio engineer
Shintaro Yamaguchi
studio engineer
Yoshio Yuwaki
sound support

Special Effects by

Fumihiko Aida
gun effects
Akiko Iwasaki
costume fabricator
Masaki Kuroda
special effects
Satoshi Narumi
special effects
Toshihiko Sakurai
costume fabricator
Shinichi Tanihata
costume fabricator
Takuya Toda
costume fabricator
Hiroaki Tsujikawa
special effects

Visual Effects by

Satoshi Hashimoto
compositing supervisor: OLM Digital
Inbok Hwang
vfx director: TMS Jinni's
Tomoyuki Isobe
vfx coordinator: Drawiz
Katsumi Iwata
digital artist: Nice+Day
Shi Jie
digital artist: FLUX
Aya Jinno
digital artist: TMS Jinni's
Tatsuya Kageyama
vfx director: Nice+Day
Kairi Kaneda
cg director: Nice+Day
Kai Kawade
vfx coordinator: OLM Digital
Hiroki Kawashima
vfx producer: TMS Jinni's
Yutaro Koizumi
digital artist: FLUX
Waka Komatsu
digital artist: Drawiz
Taichi Kona
lead digital artist: Drawiz
Shôgo Matsuoka
compositor: OLM Digital (as Shogo Matsuoka)
Yasuaki Miyatake
vfx producer: FLUX
Arika Mizushima
compositor: OLM Digital
Koyumi Moteki
vfx coordinator: OLM Digital
Goro Nakano
compositor: OLM Digital
Keiki Nishimura
vfx coordinator: Nice+Day
Kaori Ohtagaki
vfx supervisor: OLM Digital
Atsuko Okami
vfx producer: Drawiz
Nobuyuki Okuizumi
compositor: OLM Digital
Joko Priyono
rotoscope artist: Nice Idea Indonesia
Harris Reggy
rotoscope supervisor: Nice Idea Indonesia
Ricky Rohmanu
rotoscope artist: Nice Idea Indonesia
Takuya Sakazaki
vfx coordinator: Nice+Day
Jun Satake
vfx coordinator: TMS Jinni's
Kôichirô Satô
lead compositor: OLM Digital
Yukihiro Shibamoto
matte painter: Nice+Day
Keisuke Sori
digital artist: Drawiz
Ken Suu
digital artist: Drawiz
Shûsuke Tahara
compositor: OLM Digital (as Shusuke Tahara)
Mamoru Takahashi
lead compositor: OLM Digital
Yusuke Takahashi
digital artist: FLUX
Shino Tanaka
digital artist: Nice+Day
Kevin Terahadi
rotoscope artist: Nice Idea Indonesia
Shinya Watabe
lead digital artist: FLUX
Kiyofumi Ôta
compositor: OLM Digital (as Kiyofumi Ohta)

Stunts

Makoto Arakawa
stunt performer
Masayoshi Deguchi
stunts
Atsushi Ezawa
stunt performer
Tatsuya Fuchii
stunt performer
Risa Fukui
stunt performer
Shota Fukumura
stunt performer
Kôichi Funayama
stunt performer
Ken Goto
stunt performer
Daisuke Hibari
stunt performer
Takuya Iida
stunt performer
Toshi Ito
stunt performer
Eiji Kamada
stunt performer
Masataka Kanoh
stunt performer
Hiroaki Kato
stunt performer
Naohiro Kawamoto
stunt performer
Namihei Koshige
stunt performer
Ren Kuroshima
stunt performer
Kôhei Majima
stunt performer
Kenjô Matsûra
stunt performer
Yasuhiro Miyagawa
stunt performer
Hiroyuki Muraoka
stunt performer
Ryo Nakanishi
stunt performer
Takeshi Nakayama
stunt performer
Nobuyuki Obikane
stunt performer
Haruka Ohshima
stunt double / stunt double: Erika Toda / stunt performer
Norikazu Oka
stunt performer
Masahito Okamoto
stunt performer
Hiroaki Oohashi
stunt performer
Kazuhiko Ozaki
stunt performer
Yukihiro Sakate
stunt performer
Kenji Sato
stunt performer
Hiroo Sawa
stunt performer
Yasuaki Sekita
stunt performer
Daigo Shibata
stunt performer
Naruto Shigemi
stunt performer
Masaki Sugawara
stunt performer
Yusei Suzuki
stunt performer
Yoshimitsu Tada
stunt performer
Hiroki Takano
stunt performer
Kôichirô Takashima
stunt performer (as Kouichiro Takashima)
Yuji Takatsuki
stunt performer
Velo Takeda
stunt performer
Keiji Tsujii
stunts
Tomoki Tsukada
stunt performer
Ryo Watanabe
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

Tomonori Fujita
assistant camera
Kenichi Hamada
lighting support
Kohei Matsumoto
assistant grip
Takayuki Matsumoto
assistant camera
Norihiko Matsumura
genny operator
Akitoshi Minami
b camera operator
Naohisa Mori
assistant lighting technician
Hiroshi Murata
lighting support
Masaya Odabe
assistant lighting technician
Takuya Orita
assistant lighting technician
Ryota Sato
assistant grip
Shinichi Sato
assistant grip
Synsuke Sato
assistant lighting technician
Yuta Shibata
assistant lighting technician
Genchin Takada
lighting support
Hiroaki Takahashi
assistant grip
Kotaro Takei
b camera assistant
Takeshi Tezuka
lighting support
Tetsuya Tomohisa
assistant grip
Makoto Tsuchiya
assistant camera
Teizo Tsunoda
assistant lighting technician
Moritaka Uchima
assistant camera
Kanichi Uetake
assistant grip
Yoshimi Watabe
gaffer
Seiji Watarai
key grip
Toshikatsu Yanagawa
assistant grip

Casting Department

Chihiro Hirade
casting assistant
Tomoyuki Imai
casting producer
Masako Ito
casting: Kyoto
Miki Ito
casting assistant: Kyoto
Tsuyoshi Sugino
casting producer
Shinya Zenda
casting producer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kensuke Furuhata
wardrobe
Kazusa Kaneko
wardrobe assistant
Ikue Katayama
costume support
Takashi Matsuda
costume support
Nahoko Tamura
costume support
Yoshihiro Ueda
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Kenta Adegawa
data management: IMAGICA
Aya Aratani
digital cinema mastering: IMAGICA
Ayako Handa
data management: IMAGICA
Naoto Hosonuma
data conform: IMAGICA
Akira Kamiya
assistant editor
Jun Nakamura
recording
Yûsuke Nakano
digital optical: IMAGICA (as Yusuke Nakano)
Nobuyuki Niibe
Dit: Imagica
Madoka Osanai
digital cinema mastering: IMAGICA
Kyôsuke Sakai
technical director: IMAGICA (as Kyosuke Sakai)
Hyunjoon Shim
colour grading: IMAGICA
Miho Takatsuka
digital cinema mastering: IMAGICA
Tetsuji Yamashita
colour grading: IMAGICA

Music Department

Hiroyuki Akita
music recording engineer
Chiharu Kuroki
music collaboration
Changseop Lee
music collaboration
Sachiko Miyano
music collaboration
Satoru Mochizuki
music collaboration
Toshihiro Nakamoto
shamisen instructor
Tomoki Nishio
music collaboration
Tsutomu Satomi
music collaboration
Mika Shigemori
shamisen instructor
Kim Slab
music collaboration
Toshihiro Sugita
music supervisor
Minoru Tanaka
music recording engineer

Script and Continuity Department

Yasu Tanaka
script analyst (as Yasuhiko Tanaka)

Transportation Department

Hiroaki Kodera
lighting truck driver

Additional Crew

Toji Aida
press material writer
Kosuke Akiyama
production assistant
Sakiko Aoki
regional advertising
Moeka Arita
production intern
Kyoko Asano
regional advertising
Natsumi Daizen
regional advertising
Tetsu Fujimura
production committee: Filosophia
Kohei Fukungaga
assistant to period advisor
Kenichi Furuya
security supervisor
Tom Grievson
for HanWay Films
Naoyuki Haga
behind the scenes
Kinsuimi Hanayagi
movement coach
Takayuki Higaki
web publicity
Mikihiko Hirata
planner
Masato Hoshiko
production intern
Hideyuki Igarashi
production committee: Kodansha
Takeshi Ikeda
poster still photography
Mike Im
production committee: CJ E&M
Nobutaka Irie
poster still photography
Chinatsu Izumi
movement coach
Akira Kanai
planning supervisor
Momoko Kawakita
production committee: TV Asahi
Justin Kelly
for HanWay Films
Kini S. Kim
production committee: CJ E&M
Na-yeong Kim
production committee: CJ E&M
Tokunaga Kimura
marketing producer
Toru Kitajima
planning supervisor
Kuniomi Kitani
movement coach
Tomoki Kitano
website designer
Yumiko Kiyokawa
regional advertising
Chiyori Kohara
regional advertising
Toshiki Komatsu
production support
Kousaku Kondo
production committee: KEN ON
Kazumi Kurigami
poster still photography
Michelle Kwon
production committee: CJ E&M
Richard Lormand
publicist: International
Ian MacDougall
English subtitles
Nicole Mackey
for HanWay Films
Eimi Maeda
publicist
Thomas Mann
for hanway films
Jungo Maruta
planner
Miho Matori
production committee: OLM
Shinako Matsuda
production committee: GYAO
Yoon Min
production committee: CJ E&M
Akemi Miura
production intern
Sung-joo Moon
production committee: CJ E&M
Natsumi Morita
production intern
Mayumi Motohashi
art design assistant
Yuki Murata
production intern
Tarô Nagamatsuya
production committee: J Storm
Kôya Nagasawa
behind the scenes
Tomoya Naka
production intern
Shinji Namekawa
production committee: TV Asahi (as Shingo Namekawa)
Arata Nishi
production committee: TV Asahi
Tetsuro Nobechi
regional advertising
Asuka Ogawa
production intern
Takehiro Ohkawa
production committee: TV Asahi
Kana Ohki
assistant production accountant
Masahiro Oki
poster still photography
Shogo Okusu
production committee: J Storm
Genshu Sakai
production support
Akino Sakamoto
production intern
Kaori Sankai
publicist
Yukiko Saruya
publicist
Motoi Sasaki
production committee: TV Asahi
Sanae Seki
publicist
Saori Sekiguchi
title designer
Hiroshi Shimada
art direction/design
Ako Sotomaeda
production intern
Jan Spielhoff
for HanWay Films
Marie Gabrielle Stewart
For HanWay Films (as Gabrielle Stewart)
Kazuyuki Suzuki
special fabricator
Shigeyasu Suzuki
production committee: OLM
Yui Suzuki
production support
Ken Tajima
production accountant
Sho Takano
production committee: TV Asahi
Takuya Takatsuka
art department accountant
Takema Takayama
assistant to the producers
Yuichi Takeuchi
production intern
Hiro Tanaka
production intern
Tomohiro Tanaka
trailer/tv commercial production
Chiaki Tokunaga
regional advertising
Yoshinori Tokuyasu
assistant marketing producer
Koichiro Tomita
regional advertising
Tatsuya Tsuchida
regional advertising
Hana Tsuchikawa
assistant to the producers
Jun'ichirô Tsuchiya
production committee: Kodansha (as Junichiro Tsuchiya)
Teruo Tsuda
title designer
Kayoko Tsujimura
production committee: KEN ON
Katsuyuki Tsukahara
production committee: Kodansha
Yuko Ueno
publicist
Hideko Yamada
production committee: OLM
Akiko Yamamoto
press material writer
Rikki Yamasawa
web publicity
Yoshihiko Yamazaki
production committee: Kodansha
Tsutomu Yanagimura
production committee: GYAO
Chie Yasukawa
web publicity
Takeshi Yokoi
behind the scenes
Kazuhiro Yokoyama
production committee: CJ Entertainment Japan
Daisuke Yoshihara
assistant to the producers
Akihiro Yuasa
website designer
Manabu Ôishi
period advisor (as Manabu Oishi)
Mitsuru Ôshima
production committee: OLM (as Mitsuru Ohshima)
Matt Jarman
audio describer (uncredited)
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