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| Miyoko Shôji | ... | Chiyoko Fujiwara (70's) (voice) | |
| Mami Koyama | ... | Chiyoko Fujiwara (20-40's) (voice) | |
| Fumiko Orikasa | ... | Chiyoko Fujiwara (10-20's) (voice) | |
| Shôzô Îzuka | ... | Genya Tachibana (voice) | |
| Shouko Tsuda | ... | Eiko Shimao (voice) | |
| Hirotaka Suzuoki | ... | Junichi Ootaki (voice) | |
| Hisako Kyôda | ... | Mother (voice) | |
| Kan Tokumaru | ... | Senior Manager of Ginei (voice) | |
| Tomie Kataoka | ... | Mino (voice) | |
| Masamichi Sato | ... | Young Genya (voice) | |
| Masaya Onosaka | ... | Kyoji Ida (voice) | |
| Masane Tsukayama | ... | The Man with the Scar (voice) | |
| Kôichi Yamadera | ... | The Man of the Key (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Stephen Bent | ... | Junichi Otaki (voice: English version) | |
| Matt Devereaux | ... | The Man with the Scar (voice: English version) | |
| Felicity Duncan Smith | ... | Mother (voice: English version) (as Felicity Duncan) | |
| Takkô Ishimori | ... | Head Clerk (voice) | |
| Jo Lee | ... | Eiko Shimao (voice: English version) | |
| Stuart Milligan | ... | Kyoji Ida (voice: English version) | |
| Regina Reagan | ... | Chiyoko (Manga Entertainment 2005) (voice: English version) | |
| Samantha Shaw | ... | Mino (voice: English version) | |
| John Vernon | ... | Genya Tachibana / Senior Manager of Ginei (voice: English version) | |
Directed by | |||
| Satoshi Kon | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Satoshi Kon | writer | |
| Sadayuki Murai | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Taro Maki | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Susumu Hirasawa | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Hisao Shirai | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Satoshi Terauchi | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Nobutaka Ike | |||
Art Department | |||
| Kazunori Hashimoto | .... | color designer | |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | .... | art supervisor | |
| Ken'ichi Konishi | .... | art supervisor | |
| Yasumitsu Suetaka | .... | co-art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Masafumi Mima | .... | sound director | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Sachi Suzuki | .... | special effects (as Sachiko Suzuki) | |
| Kumiko Taniguchi | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Lee Seok Bum | .... | digital compositor: DR Movie | |
| Hitoshi Haga | .... | digital compositor | |
| Kim Tae Hyun | .... | digital compositor: DR Movie | |
| Yuriko Kadomoto | .... | digital compositor | |
| Kou Matsuo | .... | digital compositor | |
| Park Jin Yee | .... | digital compositor: DR Movie | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Masafumi Awakura | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Koichi Gonda | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Kanae Haijima | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Takafumi Hirata | .... | assistant director of photography | |
| Toshikazu Hisano | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Kumiko Idei | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Kasuki Iida | .... | animation camera operator: Anime Room | |
| Motoaki Ikegami | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Shinji Ikegami | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Keisuke Kamata | .... | animation camera operator: Anime Room | |
| Takao Kawahara | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Katsunori Maehara | .... | assistant director of photography | |
| Etsushi Masuda | .... | animation camera operator: Anime Room | |
| Yumiko Morimoto | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Tomohiro Nishiyama | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Hiroshi Noguchi | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Yuko Orikasa | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Tetsuo Otou | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Takashi Shimada | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Hiroki Shiozuka | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Kasumi Takarada | .... | animation camera operator: Anime Room | |
| Masato Tamura | .... | animation camera operator: Anime Room | |
| Yuki Toyonaga | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Kazunori Yamaguchi | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
| Shouji Yazawa | .... | animation camera operator: Studio Cosmos | |
Animation Department | |||
| Junko Abe | .... | key animator | |
| Ko Kun Ae | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Her Me Ah | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Chung Kyung Ai | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Choun Kyoung Ai) | |
| Mi Kyoung An | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as An Mi Kyoung) | |
| Koichi Arai | .... | key animator | |
| Yu-mi Chae | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Chae Yu Mi) | |
| Hyun Mi Cho | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Cho Hyun Mi) | |
| Hee Eun Choi | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Choi Hee Eun) | |
| Soon Yeol Choi | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Choi Soon Youl) | |
| Yun Hee Choi | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Choi Yun Hee) | |
| Pek Eun Ea | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Masahiro Emoto | .... | key animator | |
| Yui Enomoto | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Shôgo Furuya | .... | animation director | |
| Shôgo Furuya | .... | key animator | |
| Jin Chang Gun | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Hitoshi Haga | .... | key animator | |
| Hideki Hamazu | .... | animation director (as Hideki Hamasu) | |
| Hideki Hamazu | .... | key animator (as Hideki Hamasu) | |
| Myeong-yeon Ha | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Ha Myeoung Yeon) | |
| Young-suk Hea | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Choi Soon Hee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Jeon Sun Hee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Kim Hyun Hee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Lee Yeun Hee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Lee Yeuh Hee) | |
| Park Jun Hee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Park Jung Hee) | |
| Hye-jung Her | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Nam Jae Ho | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Takeshi Honda | .... | animation director | |
| Takeshi Honda | .... | character designer | |
| Yoshinori Horikawa | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Takafumi Hori | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Hiroyuki Horiuchi | .... | key animator | |
| Yoon Jung Hye | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Eun Hyun | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania | |
| Kwak Hyun | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Takashi Ichikura | .... | background artist | |
| Chieko Ichimanda | .... | animation checker | |
| Keiko Iimori | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House (as Keiko Imori) | |
| Hisashi Ikeda | .... | background artist | |
| Junko Ina | .... | background artist | |
| Kaoru Inoda | .... | background artist | |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | .... | animation director | |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | .... | key animator | |
| Tatsuhiro Itano | .... | key animator | |
| Yoon Suk Jae | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Cheo Ho Jang | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Jang Cheor Ho) | |
| Hyun-sik Jang | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Jang Hyun Sik) | |
| Nam-ok Jang | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Jang Nam Ohuk) | |
| Joung Hee Jean | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Youn Hee Jeong | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Jeoung Youn Hee) | |
| Eun-suk Jeoung | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Jeoung Eun Suk) | |
| Hong-eun Jin | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Kim Soo Jin | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Lee Jin | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania | |
| Young-rae Jo | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Choi Ki Jung | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Kim Hyun Jung | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Lee Eun Jung | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Sung Hee Jung | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Jung Sung Hee) | |
| You Kyung Jung | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Hyun Ju Jun | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Jung Hyun Ju) | |
| Jung-Suk Jun | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Jun Joung Suk) | |
| Yuriko Kadomoto | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Park Kae-Ryun | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Park Gae Ryun) | |
| Masatoshi Kai | .... | background artist | |
| Chikako Kamata | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Young Suk Kang | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Kang Young Sook) | |
| Nao Karino | .... | background artist | |
| Kumiko Kawana | .... | key animator | |
| Toshihiro Kikuchi | .... | key animator | |
| Chun-soo Kim | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Kim Chun Soo) | |
| Eun Young Kim | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Kim Eun Young) | |
| Hwa Soon Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Kim Hwa Soon) | |
| Hye-Jung Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Jung-a Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Kim Jun-a) | |
| Jung Eun Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Kim Jung Eun) | |
| Keun-hwa Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Su-jaung Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Kim Su Jaung) | |
| Young-mi Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Young-yae Kim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Yu Mi Kim | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Kim Yu Mi) | |
| Hirotaka Kinoshita | .... | key animator | |
| Shigeyo Kiriyama | .... | background artist | |
| Ken'ichi Konishi | .... | animation director | |
| Ken'ichi Konishi | .... | key animator | |
| Akiko Konno | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Satoshi Kon | .... | character designer | |
| Yumi Koshikawa | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Masahiko Kubo | .... | key animator | |
| Tetsuya Kumagai | .... | key animator | |
| Masahiro Kurio | .... | key animator | |
| Bok Kyoung Kwon | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Kwon Bok Kyoung) | |
| Hyun Soon Kwon | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Suk-o Kwon | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Kwon-o Sunk) | |
| Tae Ok Kwon | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Kwon Tae Ok) | |
| Cho-hee Kyung | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Dong-Wook Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Dong Wook) | |
| Hae-kyung Lee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Lee Hae Kyung) | |
| Ha-youn Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Hye Sung Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Hye Sung) | |
| Hyo Sun Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Hyo Sun) | |
| Hyun Sik Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Hyun Suk) | |
| Jae-min Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Jae Min) | |
| Jung Eun Lee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Lee Jung Eun) | |
| Mi Ok Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Mi Ok) | |
| Nam Hee Lee | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Lee Nam Hee) | |
| Sook-hee Lee | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Suk-hoon Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Suck Hoon) | |
| Sul Young Lee | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lee Suel Young) | |
| An-myoung Lim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as An Myoung Lim) | |
| Hyo-kyoung Lim | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Lim Hyo Kyoung) | |
| Jeung-a Lim | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Joung-mi Lim | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Michio Mihara | .... | key animator | |
| Yasunori Miyazawa | .... | key animator | |
| Sung Ho Moon | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Moon Sung Ho) | |
| Minoru Murao | .... | key animator | |
| Mitsunori Murata | .... | key animator | |
| Kana Nakayama | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Katsuichi Nakayama | .... | key animator | |
| Takahito Nakazawa | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Tetsuya Nishio | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshimitsu Ôhashi | .... | key animator | |
| Su-im Oh | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Oh Su Im) | |
| Masako Okada | .... | background artist | |
| Yoshiko Okuda | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Harue Ono | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Kiyomi Ota | .... | background artist | |
| Shinji Otsuka | .... | key animator | |
| Hea-roung Park | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania | |
| Mee-ok Park | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Ock In Park | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Park Ohuk In) | |
| Young Shin Park | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Park Young Sin) | |
| Youn-joung Park | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie | |
| Eun Me Pyun | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Pyun Eun Me) | |
| Choi Hey Ran | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Seo Saeng-Hoe | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Seo Saeng Hoe) | |
| Kum Sook Seo | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Seo Kum Sook) | |
| Song-hee Seo | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Seo Sung Hee) | |
| Yasuhiro Seo | .... | key animator | |
| Hiroshi Shimizu | .... | key animator | |
| Eun-kyung Shin | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Shin Eun Kyung) | |
| Hye Mi Shin | .... | ink and paint artist: DR Movie (as Shin Hye Mi) | |
| Hyun Ju Song | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Song Hyun Ju) | |
| Hwang Soon-a | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Yuko Sugiyama | .... | background artist | |
| Kim Mi Suk | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie | |
| Michiyo Suzuki | .... | key animator | |
| Yuuka Suzuki | .... | ink and paint checker (as Yuka Suzuki) | |
| Masaharu Tada | .... | key animator | |
| Jun Takagi | .... | key animator | |
| Shinichi Uehara | .... | background artist | |
| Ichiro Uno | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Aiko Wakatsuki | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Kenichi Watanabe | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Sakiko Watanabe | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| Song-sik Woo | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Woo Song Sik) | |
| Tomoko Yamamoto | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Yuko Yasaki | .... | inbetween animator: Mad House | |
| In-suk Yoo | .... | ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Ania (as Yoo In Sook) | |
| Masaki Yoshizaki | .... | background artist | |
| Hye-seon Youn | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Youn Hye Seon) | |
| Myung Hee Youn | .... | inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Youn Myung Hee) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Yuriko Ito | .... | negative cutter | |
| Kashiko Kimura | .... | negative cutter | |
| Yurika Tsuchiya | .... | negative cutter | |
Other crew | |||
| Itaru Fujimoto | .... | production committee: The Klockworx Co. Ltd. | |
| Yohei Haraguchi | .... | advertisement | |
| Hiroshi Hashimoto | .... | advertisement | |
| Yumi Iwashita | .... | advertisement | |
| Masaki Kaifu | .... | production committee: WOWOW Inc. | |
| Kazumi Kawashiro | .... | production committee: Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | |
| Satoshi Kon | .... | original concept by | |
| Satoshi Kubo | .... | production committee: Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | |
| Taro Maki | .... | production committee: Genco Inc. | |
| Masao Maruyama | .... | planning director | |
| Nobuhiro Osawa | .... | advertisement | |
| Nobuhiko Sakoh | .... | production committee: The Klockworx Co. Ltd. | |
| Naoki Sato | .... | advertisement | |
| Michiko Suzuki | .... | production committee: WOWOW Inc. | |
| Seiji Suzuki | .... | advertisement | |
| Kyoko Yamashita | .... | title designer | |
| Takeshi Yasuda | .... | production committee: Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. | |
Thanks | |||
| Masahiro Kiba | .... | special thanks | |
| Mari Oishi | .... | special thanks | |
| Satoko Yoshida | .... | special thanks | |
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Satoshi Kon is the extremely talented director who brought us the memorable Perfect Blue (1997) and perhaps changed the face of Japanimation forever. Here at his second feature film, ripe after a four years hiatus, he makes the wait well-worthed with a cunning cinematographic experience that literally plunges the viewer into the wonderful world of film.
Using the animation medium to push storytelling in film to new levels of effectiveness, Kon tells the story of a legendary actress who's life and career sparks the interest of documentary director Genya Tachibana. Along with his trusted cameraman, he undertakes to interview the now very old Chiyoko Fujiwara, spotlight actress in her hay days, and together they delve into her past.
This session blooms into a captivating narrative, blending elements of her life with roles in some of her films, and exploring her great search for love. The movie thus explores the personal challenges and self-realization that one undergoes through the different stages of life. It does so with the help of probing questions from Genya and is not shy of being epic in scale, passing seamlessly through fictional eras and time periods, superimposing characters, persons and life teachings. The fusion of reality and fiction is truly remarkable, and Satoshi Kon distinguishes himself from conventional dogmas in that aspect. For him, sky is the limit. He is only limited by his boundless imagination. The result is something fresh and spectacular. From the beauty of the vibrant images to the backdrop of lyricism and poetry, the movie explores life with us... and comes up with interesting conclusions. You will have to see and judge for yourself, but I promise that, if nothing else, it will have made you think.
I was privileged to attend the world premiere at the Montreal FantAsia Festival and was greatly honored to be blessed with the incarnation of the director himself, in flesh and bone. He strikes me as a very intelligent, very mature and wise man. There is an old woman in the film who says to Chiyoko: "I love you and I hate you more than you can imagine." I asked him the significance of that and he simply answered: "I do not really know what it means. I know that I understand many things that I did not 15 years ago. I just tried to project myself in the future, and thought of what I might be able to bestow to a younger inexperienced person like myself, with this increased wisdom that comes with life's trials and tribulations." I admit I am paraphrasing just a little (my japanese is not that good in any case), but that's essentially what he said, and this confirmed my belief, based on the artistic genius and masterful integration of complex thoughts into a simple, flowing, living piece, that this man is gifted. He has an incredible depth and is able to conjure it up to the surface and present it to us. One cannot but delight in his work and wait again for more enlightenment...
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