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Samurai Fiction (1998) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Hiroyuki Nakano ... (directed by)

Writing Credits  

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

Cast (in credits order)  

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

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

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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