Cast & Crew

Directed by

Rintarô

Writing Credits

Tetsu Yano
(novel)
Mori Masaki
(screenplay)

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada
Jirô
Mami Koyama
Oyuki
Tarô Ishida
Tenkai / Saigô Takamori (voice) (as Gentarô Ishida)
Yuriko Yamamoto
Chico / Julie Rochelle (voice)
Ichirô Nagai
Andô Shouzan
Kaneto Shiozawa
Shingo
Takeshi Aono
Sanpei
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Sam
Takashi Ebata
Captain Drasnic
Takashi Toyama
Tokachi Hanzô
Shirô Amakusa
Elder
Yoshiko Asai
Tsuyu
Lanny Broyles
Fujibayashi Genjiro
Bill Calhoun
Shingo
Jerry Davidson
Indian Chief
Ken Frankel
Captain Dreasnic / Shinban no Kikusa (voice)
Tracy Gleason
Okinba
Will Gluck
Uraka
Cliff Harrington
Tarouza / Iga Chief (voice)
Michielle Hart
Chico
Eitetsu Hayashi
Shakotan no Oharu / Shinban no Kikusa (voice)
Michio Hazama
Tarouza
Masato Hirano
Kinsaku
Mitsuko Horie
Chiomapp
Masako Ikeda
Oyaruru
Iemasa Kayumi
Mark Twain
Kôichi Kitamura
Iga Chief
Don Knode
Mark Twain
Clay Lawrey
Sam
Mary Malone
Sayuri
Jeff Manning
Goldgun / Jackal (voice)
Jack Marquardt
Tenkai
Leighton McClure
Toami no Magoroku
Didi Moore
Tsuyu
Yasuo Muramatsu
Indian Chief
Richard Nieskens
Ando Shouzan / Narrator (voice)
Kazuo Oka
Goldgun
Rintarô
Oshima no Kansuke
William Ross
Tokachi Hanzo / Elder (voice)
Judy Sackheim
Oyaruru
Carrie Sakai
Oyuki
Hidekatsu Shibata
Oguri Kôzukenosuke
Adam Simons
Kinsaku
Greg Starr
Sanpei / Oguri Kozunosuke (voice)
Naoki Sugimoto
Uraka
Tomiko Suzuki
Sayuri
Kazumi Tanaka
Magohachi
Ryôichi Tanaka
Jackal
Yasuo Tanaka
Tôami no Magoroku
Mikio Terashima
Fujibayashi Genjûrô
Ryûdô Uzaki
Ônuma to Kiheiji / Okinba (voice)
Rumiko Varnes
Chiomapp
Craig Williams
Magohachi
Toby Williams
Jiro

Produced by

Satoru Ikegami
producer
Haruki Kadokawa
executive producer
Masao Maruyama
producer
Rintarô
producer
Robert J. Woodhead
executive producer: AnimEigo (english version)

Music by

Eitetsu Hayashi
Ryûdô Uzaki

Cinematography by

Iwao Yamaki

Editing by

Osamu Tanaka

Production Design by

Masao Maruyama

Art Direction by

Takamura Mukuo

Production Management

Yasuo Takahashi
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Susumu Ishizaki
assistant director
Naoko Kusumi
assistant director

Art Department

Fukiko Hashizume
assistant art director
Tadao Kubota
artboards
Hiromi Kôno
assistant art director
Moribi Murano
illustrator
Kazuo Oga
artboards
Katsuhiko Satô
calligrapher

Sound Department

Susumu Aketagawa
sound producer
Akikazu Inuzuka
recording assistant
Shizuo Kurahashi
sound effects editor
Mikio Mori
dolby sound consultant
Hideyo Sasaki
sound effects editor
Kenji Shibasaki
sound effects editor: Tôyô Ongaku
Ichiro Tsujii
sound recordist: Aoi Studio

Special Effects by

Satoru Hirono
special effects
Nobuyuki Kanai
special effects
Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects (as Kunji Tanifuji)

Camera and Electrical Department

Teruo Abe
camera operator: Ogawa Production
Kinichi Ishikawa
camera operator
Yoshihiro Kessoku
camera operator
Masahide Okino
camera operator: T. Nishimura (as Masahide Ueda)
Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
camera operator
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
camera operator: Madhouse

Animation Department

Yukio Abe
background artist
Nagisa Andô
cel painter: Only For Life
Katsushi Aoki
background artist
Junko Aoyama
inbetween artist
Yasuhide Baba
cel advancement
Maki Fujita
inbetween artist
Masato Fukami
inbetween checker
Yoneko Fukaya
inbetween artist
Atsuko Fukushima
key animator
Satsuki Hashimoto
background artist
Yuki Hisada
cel checker
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
inbetween artist
Emi Hoshino
key animator
Hiroo Ihara
background artist
Atsuko Ikeda
key animator
Yuji Ikehata
background artist
Kengo Inagaki
key animator
Michiyo Iriomote
cel checker
Makoto Ishida
inbetween artist
Yamako Ishikawa
background artist
Katsumi Itabashi
mechanical designer
Kôyô Itô
background artist
Makoto Itô
key animator
Jinzaburô Kaiho
background artist (as Hitomi Kaihô)
Chikako Kamata
cel painter: Only For Life
Mayumi Kanai
cel painter: Only For Life
Akemi Katada
color designer
Chieko Katsuda
inbetween artist
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
key animator
Etsuko Kimura
inbetween artist
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
key animator
Ayako Kobayashi
cel painter: Only For Life
Reiko Kurihara
key animator
Kitarô Kôsaka
key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Kyôko Matsubara
assistant animation director (as Kyoko Matsubara) / key animator (as Kyoko Matsubara)
Emiko Matsumoto
cel checker
Shinobu Matsumoto
inbetween artist
Rumiko Minemura
background artist
Kôji Morimoto
key animator
Tomomi Morishita
background artist
Kimiko Murakami
inbetween artist
Moribi Murano
character designer
Jun'ichi Nagano
inbetween artist
Hidenori Nakagawa
inbetween artist
Mayumi Nakamura
inbetween artist
Takashi Nakamura
key animator
Takuo Noda
animator director
Tensai Okamura
inbetween artist (as Yutaka Okamura)
Toshitsugu Saida
key animator (as Shunji Saida)
Kumiko Saitô
inbetween checker
Kunihiko Sakurai
inbetween artist
Kôji Satô
cel painter: Only For Life
Mimiko Satô
background artist
Shûichi Sendao
inbetween artist
Naoko Shibayama
cel painter: Only For Life
Yoshiyuki Shikano
background artist
Nobumasa Shinkawa
key animator (as Nobumasa Arakawa)
Mika Sugai
inbetween artist
Yumiko Sugano
inbetween artist
Yasuko Suzuki
inbetween artist
Yoshinori Suzuki
cel painter: Suzuki Dôga Kikaku
Yoshinori Takahashi
inbetween artist
Yûsuke Takahashi
inbetween artist
Shinsuke Terasawa
key animator
Harutoshi Tsubaki
inbetween artist
Wakako Ueda
inbetween artist
Miyuki Umetsu
inbetween checker
Yasuomi Umetsu
key animator
Satoru Utsunomiya
key animator
Yoshiharu Wakai
cel setting
Akemi Watanabe
inbetween artist
Keiko Watanabe
inbetween artist
Shôjurô Yamauchi
key animator
Madoka Yasue
inbetween artist
Hiroko Yokoyama
cel painter: Only For Life
Sachiko Yoneyama
inbetween artist
Hajime Yoshida
inbetween artist
Yôko Yoshida
background artist
Manabu Ôhashi
key animator
Shinji Ôtsuka
key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)
Yûji Ôyama
cel painter: Only For Life
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Yoshiyuki Abe
assistant editor
Shin'ya Tadano
negative cutter

Music Department

Kôji Endô
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Eitetsu Hayashi
music director / musician: Ryûdôgumi
Masayuki Higuchi
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Mamoru Ishibashi
music recordist
Hikaru Ishikawa
music producer
Masahiro Kawasaki
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Masashi Kikuchi
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Shigeo Kinoshita
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Katsunosuke Kobari
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Shûichi Kurita
assistant musician
Jun'ichi Kuwabara
assistant musician
Katsuo Nagai
musician: Ryûdôgumi
Masatsugu Nakano
music recordist
Takeo Suzuki
music recordist
Tadao Takakuwa
music producer
Ryûdô Uzaki
music director
Akihiko Ôno
music mixer: Aoi Studio

Additional Crew

Seiichirô Aoki
publication planner: Kadokawa Shoten
Yoshimi Asari
production supervisor
Katsuhide Ishii
production assistant
Yasuteru Iwase
production supervisor
Shunsuke Kawamoto
production assistant
Ayumi Kimura
production work
Munetake Koga
production coordinator
Yukio Kumagai
titles
Matsuji Motohashi
publication planner: Argos
William Ross
dialogue director: English
Toshikazu Sasaki
consultant: Ainu customs
Kazuo Shimada
publication planner
Kazunobu Shimizu
production assistant
Masaya Tokuyama
advertising producer
Masahiro Ôtake
production assistant (as Masahiro Otake)

Thanks

Kazunori Shimotomai
special thanks
Toyoharu Teshi
special thanks: Kussharoko Kotan Ainu Museum
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