Filmmakers
Above the lineSO
Director
Steven Okazaki
SI
Screenplay
Stuart Galbraith IV
Writer
SO
Screenplay
Steven Okazaki
Writer
YI
Cinematography
Yasuyuki Ishikawa
Director of Photography
TH
Cinematography
Tohru Hina
Director of Photography
EL
Cinematography
Eric Lin
Director of Photography
GM
Cinematography
Guy Mossman
Director of Photography
SO
Editing
Steven Okazaki
Editor
JW
Music
Jeffrey Wood
Original Music Composer
Cast
21KR
Keanu Reeves
Self - Narrator (voice)
KK
Kyōko Kagawa
Self - Actress
YT
Yōko Tsukasa
Self - Actress
YT
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Self - Actor
TK
Takeshi Katō
Self - Actor
KY
Kaoru Yachigusa
Self - Actress
YN
Yōsuke Natsuki
Self - Actor
TN
Terumi Niki
Self - Actress
SS
Steven Spielberg
Self - Filmmaker
MS
Martin Scorsese
Self - Filmmaker
SM
Shirō Mifune
Self - Mifune's Eldest Son
HK
Hisao Kurosawa
Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son
TN
Teruyo Nogami
Self - Script Supervisor
TS
Tadao Satō
Self - Film Historian
SN
Sadao Nakajima
Self - Filmmaker
HN
Haruo Nakajima
Self - Actor
KU
Kanzō Uni
Self - Sword Fighting Choreographer
WA
Wataru Akashi
Self - Publicist
KY
Koji Yakusho
Self - Actor
TM
Toshirō Mifune
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
EJ
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
Departments
26Production
- Rikiya MifuneConsulting Producer
- Nobuyuki TohyaExecutive Producer
- Takeshi HoshinoExecutive Producer
- Isao KawauchiExecutive Producer
- Greg KnowlesPost Production Coordinator
- Tōichirō ShiraishiProducer
- Yukie KitoProducer
- Kensuke ZushiProducer
- Taro GotoProducer
- Steven OkazakiProducer
- Toshiaki NakazawaProducer
- Allison NakamuraResearcher
- Mark GorneyResearcher
Sound
- Tsuyoshi AboSound
- Daniel OlmstedSound Editor
- Daniel OlmstedSound Mixer
- Kyle PorterSound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up
- Akiko TsushimaHairstylist
- Ayano IwaneHairstylist
- Mitsumasa SawadaHairstylist
- Akiko TsushimaMakeup Artist
- Mitsumasa SawadaMakeup Artist
- Ayano IwaneMakeup Artist
Editing
- Brandon ReinArchival Footage Research
Lighting
- Katsuhiro HidachiGaffer
Writing
- Michiko MatsudaBook