Cast & Crew

Directed by

Hiroyuki Nakano
(directed by)

Writing Credits

Hiroshi Saitô
(written by) (as Hiroshi Saitoh)
Hiroyuki Nakano
(scenario adaptation)

Cast

Morio Kazama
Hanbei Mizoguchi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Heishiro Inukai
Tomoyasu Hotei
Rannosuke Kazamatsuri
Tamaki Ogawa
Koharu Mizoguchi
Mari Natsuki
Okatsu
Taketoshi Naitô
Kanzen Inukai
Kei Tani
Kagemaru
Fumiya Fujii
Ryunosuke Kuzumi
Naoyuki Fujii
Shintaro Suzuki
Ken Ohsawa
Tadasuke Kurosawa
Hiroshi Kanbe
Gosuke
Ryôichi Yuki
Ninja Hayabusa
Akiko Monô
Ninja Akakage
Taro Maruse
Sakyounosuke Kajii
Ramo Nakajima
Denbei Kimura
Ryô Iwamatsu
Muroto
Shôgo Suzuki
Yagi
Pierre Taki
Bad Ronin Juzo Araki
Diamond Yukai
Onimatsu
Utaroku Miyakoya
Kuma-san
Yoshiaki Umegaki
Rascal Baba
Masahiro Saitoh
Rascal Ohoka
Kazuhide Motooka
Rascal Tohyama
Norikazu Kobayashi
Massage-Oichi
Nagine Hoshikawa
Yukie Kimura
Yasuhito Hida
Bad Ronin Kuroiwa
Hideaki Yoshioka
Sakichi
Ryûji Takasaki
Ushimatsu
Shôichirô Akaboshi
Fire Three 1
Shigetoshi Mashimo
Fire Three 2
Wasaburô Nakamura
Fire Three 3
Eiji Takakura
Samurai on Opening
Hiroyuki Yashiro
Samurai on Opening / Sayama
Masataka Haji
Bad Ronin Kouno
Kenzo Hagiwara
Lord of Nagashimaman
Kinshi Yamamiya
Kaga
Funezou Yamagata
Maeda
Fusanosuke Kondo
Samurai with Flag
Kan Takagi
Samurai on the Beach
Toshizo Fujiwara
Samurai with Message
Shoji Mayama
Clerk
Hiroya Sugisaki
Ohta
Takayuki Akaike
Kawai
Masato Yoshioka
Sawamura
Hiroyuki Mori
Disciple
Kôtarô Inoue
Disciple
Ryo Sato
Disciple
Rie Nonaka
Geisha Ayame
Kayano Komaki
Geisha Yuri
Yôko Yakushiji
Geisha Hoozuki
Motohisa Gotoh
Sweet Sake Vendor
Yasuhiro Usui
Basket Peddler
Naomi Honda
Naochan
Utako Miyagawa
Utako
Mitsunobu Sekiguchi
Medicine Dealer
Miki Akaba
Mistress at Tea House
Manabu Miyashita
Broom Peddler
Junichi Horiki
Large Cart
Satoru Watabe
Large Cart
Etsuro Kimura
Green Seller
Nobuyuki Kamoshida
Samurai at Contest
Hiroaki Okuda
Samurai at Contest
Hiroki Hoshino
Samurai on Corridor
Takanori Ikeno
Samurai on Corridor
Kazutaka Ukita
Iga Ninja
Takahiro Kudo
Ninja
Miho Munakata
Ninja
Yoshitada Azuma
Ninja
Ken Hasegawa
Ninja
Masaaki Ishida
Ninja
Takayuki Yoshizaki
Ninja
Seiji Yokoh
Ninja
Masahiro Okamoto
Ninja
Akira Saitoh
Horse Man
Kanae Takasaki
Child
Kazuya Kobayashi
Child
Shohei Fukuda
Child
Kaede Kobayashi
Child
Tsubasa Fukuda
Child
Hiroyuki Hanada
Gambler
Junji Ikehata
Gambler
Katsu Nagaishi
Gambler
Mao Kawaguchi
Gambling Master
Naoyasu Tohkaie
Gambling Carpenter
Kitarô
Surveying Samurai

Produced by

Takaaki Ezaki
producer
Kaoru Hayashi
producer
Mitsuru Itô
executive producer (as Mitsuru Itoh)
Hiroto Kimura
producer
Tsuyoshi Takashiro
producer

Music by

Tomoyasu Hotei
(music by)

Cinematography by

Yujiro Yajima

Editing by

Kiyoharu Miyazaki
(film edited by)
Hiroyuki Nakano
(digitally edited by)

Casting By

Miki Akaba
(casting)

Production Design by

Hiroshi Fujita
Masateru Mochizuki

Makeup Department

Hiroshi Fujikawa
hair & makeup
Katsuyoshi Hirano
wig designer
Shoko Kawano
hair & makeup: Mr. Hotei
Takahiro Naitoh
samurai special makeup
Yoshihiro Saijyo
hair & makeup
Tomoko Satoh
hair & makeup
Osamu Shimura
hair & makeup
Toshiko Tachikawa
hairdresser: actresses
Saburo Watanabe
hair & makeup designer

Production Management

Noriyuki Takahashi
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yasuyuki Fujita
first assistant director
Yuuichi Kanemaru
third assistant director
Masami Moriki
second assistant director

Art Department

Gouichi Enokida
art department
Kenzo Kobayashi
prop master
Shoichi Masubuchi
art department
Hideaki Morohashi
art department
Hiroyuki Nakano
designer: titleback
Takayuki Satô
art decorator (as Takayuki Satoh)
Hajime Tachibana
designer: SF logo
Youichi Tobishima
prop master
Yoshio Yoshida
art department

Sound Department

Hiroshi Abe
boom mic operator
Yukio Hokari
sound effects
Ichirô Hoshi
sound mixer (as Ichiro Hoshi) / sound recording (as Ichiro Hoshi)
Hideaki Ishii
special sounds (as Hideki Ishii)
Mikio Mori
dolby stereo consultant
Satoru Nakada
natural sounds
Akira Nakano
recordist
Akihiko Okase
assistant sound effects
Mirai Ueno
assistant sound mixer
Mori Yawataya
boom mic operator

Visual Effects by

Tsuyoshi Eguchi
production manager: McRay
Brett Franklin
digital effects artist: Future Pirates
Wataru Furuta
production manager: Future Pirates
Makiko Hara
production controller: Future Pirates
Yosuke Hirota
digital effects artist: Future Pirates
Naruhiko Inami
cineon: Kodak Japan Limited
Shu Iwasaki
assistant producer: Future Pirates
Osamu Kamisato
digital effects artist: Future Pirates
Junji Kojima
digital artist: Tee-vee Graphics
Buddy Marini
production controller: Future Pirates
Nobi Mori
production supervisor: Future Pirates
Katsuhiko Morisawa
producer: McRay
Manfred Rocha
digital effects artist: Future Pirates
Kazumasa Shibata
digital artist: McRay
Yuki Takafumi
digital effects artist: Future Pirates (as Takafumi Yuki)
Tsuyoshi Takashiro
digital supervisor / producer: Future Pirates
Tom Watanabe
digital effects artist: Future Pirates

Stunts

Eiji Takakura
director of samurai
Keiji Yamada
director of ninja

Camera and Electrical Department

Shinichi Chiba
steadicam operator
Kazuaki Emori
still photographer
Daiki Hayashi
chief lighting director
Itaru Hirama
still photographer
Koutaro Ishikawa
first assistant cameraman
Mitsunori Isogai
second assistant cameraman
Toshiyuki Kanemaru
second underwater cameraman
Takashi Kobayashi
lighting man
Tatsumi Kuramochi
cam-remote operator
Tadahiko Matsui
underwater cameraman
Yuji Matsui
grip
Yoshiharu Matsuura
grip
Hiroto Nagasawa
lighting man
Daisuke Nanri
grip
Takayuki Numazaki
still photographer
Mitsugu Okumura
second underwater cameraman
Toshiyuki Ookouchi
lighting man
Takanori Shiihara
lighting (as Kazutaka Shiihara)
Hideo Shimazaki
grip
Masanobu Sugatsuke
still photo coordinator
Shin Sugawara
grip
Hidekazu Takahashi
grip
Michinori Tsuda
lighting man
Tatsurou Tsugawa
grip (as Tatsuro Tsugawa)
Yoshitaka Tsutsui
still photographer
Satoshi Tsuyuki
cam-remote operator
Hideki Uzawa
grip
Taro Watanabe
second assistant cameraman
Futoshi Yokobori
grip
Takafumi Yoshii
grip

Casting Department

Hiroshi Miyashita
casting manager

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Yoshihiko Egi
styling: female
Hiroshi Hamazaki
dresser
Kazuo Matsuda
styling: male

Editorial Department

Hiroyuki Aizawa
assistant film editor
Jun'ichi Arai
digital video editor (as Junichi Arai)
Nakaba Futagi
post-production director
Keiji Igarashi
optical
Yasutaka Ishihara
keylink transfer
Toshiaki Kaneko
keylink transfer
Yoshihito Kinoshita
digital scanner
Noboru Kutsuki
digital video editor
Masaharu Matsuura
optical
Ichiro Mizumi
assistant film editor
Yutaka Murata
timer
Tetsuo Nakamizo
negative film editor
Kunio Nishikubo
lab manager
Toshihiro Ogawa
optical
Masami Ohashi
negative film editor
Tohru Setoyama
assistant film editor
Yuusaku Shigeta
digital video editor
Chiho Sudo
negative film editor
Naoki Sumikawa
operator: Heavyworks
Jin Suzuki
digital edit supervisor (as Jin 'H' Suzuki)
Ken Takahashi
digital video editor
Etsuro Ukai
keylink transfer

Music Department

Leonard Eto
musician
Naoyuki Fujii
musician
Takeshi Fujii
computer programmer
Richard Garriano
musician
Hiroshi
musician
Tomoyasu Hotei
musician
Junji Ikehata
musician
Kunihiko Imai
engineer
Yoichi Murata
musician
Koichiro Naka
musician
Mari Natsuki
singer: "Dance with Me"
Etsuyo Ota
musician
Chris Peppler
musician
Hidehito Satake
instruments
Wan² Sekiguchi
production producer
Shogo Suzuki
musician
Umegoro Suzuki
musician
Masakuni Takeno
musician
Hal-oh Togashi
musician
Toshiharu Umesaki
computer programmer
Nobutaka Watanabe
computer programmer
Takuo Yamamoto
musician

Script and Continuity Department

Shinko Ishiyama
scripter

Transportation Department

Kiyoshi Morimoto
driver
Kunio Takamoto
driver
Kazuyoshi Yamashita
driver

Additional Crew

Atsushi Abe
director: making video
Kazunari Abe
production assistant / website
Tadao Amano
production executive
Kaori Aoki
publicity producer
Nakaba Futagi
production assistant
Takeshi Hayashi
production assistant
Yukio Kawabe
promotion planner
Masayuki Kawakatsu
producer: photobook
Jin Miura
production assistant
Kentarô Moriya
director: making video (as Kentaro Moriya)
Takao Nagashima
production executive
Ken Nakamura
manager: Nikko Edomura
Mahito Ohuchi
producer: photobook
Naoki Takahashi
promotion planner
Ikuya Takano
production accountant
Hidehiko Tanaka
publicity producer
Masato Tanaka
diver
Naohisa Tomioka
projector operator
Tomonobu Uryu
diver
Kunio Watabe
studio manager: AOI
Mitsuhiro Yamamoto
director: making video
Natsuha Yamamoto
publicity producer
Hiroyuki Yashiro
assistant: Mr. Takakura
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