Cast & Crew

Directed by

Sydney Pollack

Writing Credits

Paul Schrader
(screenplay) and
Robert Towne
(screenplay)
Leonard Schrader
(story)

Cast

Robert Mitchum
Harry Kilmer
Ken Takakura
Ken Tanaka
Eiji Okada
Toshiro Tono
Herb Edelman
Oliver Wheat
Richard Jordan
Dusty Hoekstra
James Shigeta
Goro Tanaka
Keiko Kishi
Eiko Tanaka
Christina Kokubo
Hanako Tanaka
Kyôsuke Machida
Jiro Kato
Brian Keith
George Tanner
Eiji Gô
Shiro 'Spider' Tanaka
Lee Chirillo
Louise Tanner
M. Hisaka
Boyfriend
William Ross
Tanner's Guard
Akiyama
Tono's Guard
Harada
Goro's Doorman

Produced by

Michael Hamilburg
co-producer
Sydney Pollack
producer

Music by

Dave Grusin

Cinematography by

Kôzô Okazaki
director of photography (as Okazaki Kozo)

Editing by

Don Guidice
Thomas Stanford

Production Design by

Stephen B. Grimes
(as Stephen Grimes)

Art Direction by

Yoshiyuki Ishida
(as Ishida Yoshiyuki)

Costume Design by

Dorothy Jeakins

Makeup Department

Gary Morris
makeup artist

Production Management

John R. Coonan
production manager (as John Coonan)
Isao Nagaoka
unit production manager (as Nagaoka Isao)
William Ross
assistant production manager
Yoshio Yamamoto
unit production manager (as Yamamoto Yoshio)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mike Abe
assistant director
Stephen B. Grimes
second unit director (as Stephen Grimes)
Michael D. Moore
assistant director (as Michael Moore)

Art Department

Toshio Miyagawa
props (as Miyagawa Toshio)
Seiji Moori
tattoo artist (as Mohri Seiji)
Bill Gold
poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

Basil Fenton-Smith
sound mixer (as Basil Fenton Smith)
Arthur Piantadosi
re recording mixer
Ed Scheid
sound effects (as Edwin Scheid)

Special Effects by

Tomoo Kasai
special effects (as Kasai Tomoo)
Richard Parker
special effects

Stunts

Bill Saito
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Bobby Byrne
camera operator (as Robert Byrne)
Duke Callaghan
director of photography: American sequences
Yoshiaki Masuda
gaffer (as Masuda Yoshiaki)
Tamio Matsuo
assistant cameraman (as Matsuo Tamio)
Haruhisa Murase
grip (as Murase Haruhisa)
Cliff Ralke
assistant cameraman (as Clifton Ralke)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Mamoru Mori
wardrobe (as Mori Mamoru)

Editorial Department

Carol Ann Jackson
assistant editor
Ralph Sandler
assistant editor
Fredric Steinkamp
supervising film editor

Music Department

Ted Whitfield
music editor
Richard H. Anderson
musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Israel Baker
musician: violin (uncredited)
Chuck Berghofer
musician: bass and fender bass (uncredited)
Larry Bunker
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Gene Cipriano
musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Herman Clebanoff
musician: violin (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin (uncredited)
David Duke
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Dominick Fera
musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson
musician: piano (uncredited)
Dave Grusin
conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Alan Harshman
musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Hayes
orchestrator (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg
musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Davida G. Jackson
musician: violin (uncredited)
Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin (uncredited)
Artie Kane
musician: piano (uncredited)
Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer
musician: cello (uncredited)
Edgar Lustgarten
musician: cello (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski
musician: viola (uncredited)
Peter Mercurio
musician: bass (uncredited)
Erno Neufeld
musician: violin (uncredited)
John Neufeld
musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Emil Richards
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Lee Ritenour
musician: guitar (uncredited)
Alan Robinson
musician: french horn (uncredited)
David Schwartz
musician: viola (uncredited)
Frederick Seykora
musician: cello (uncredited)
Bud Shank
musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Leo Shuken
orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Shure
musician: violin (uncredited)
Eleanor Slatkin
musician: cello (uncredited)
Ann Stockton
musician: harp (uncredited)
Robert Sushel
musician: violin (uncredited)
Milton Thomas
musician: viola (uncredited)
Gerald Vinci
musician: violin (uncredited)
Dan Wallin
music engineer (uncredited) / music mixer (uncredited)
Jerry Williams
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Kurt E. Wolff
orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Tibor Zelig
musician: violin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Keiko Tsushima
script girl (as Tsushima Keiko)
Hope Williams
script supervisor

Additional Crew

Michael Hamilburg
production staff
Kuroki Masami
production personnel
Phill Norman
titles designer
Michie Ross
production secretary
Masao Satô
assistant to executive producer (as Sato Masao)
Gaylin P. Schultz
production coordinator (as Gaylin Schultz)
Takeshi Sugimoto
production personnel (as Sugimoto Takeshi)
Seiji Yada
production personnel (as Yada Seiji)
Bob Peak
movie poster illustration (uncredited)
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