Filmmakers
Above the lineFG
Director
François Girard
FG
Screenplay
François Girard
MG
Screenplay
Michael Golding
AD
Cinematography
Alain Dostie
Director of Photography
PC
Editing
Pia Di Ciaula
Editor
RS
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
FS
Production Design
François Séguin
Cast
38KK
Keira Knightley
Hélène Joncour
MP
Michael Pitt
Hervé Joncour
AM
Alfred Molina
Baldabiou
KY
Koji Yakusho
Hara Jubei
SA
Sei Ashina
The Girl
MN
Miki Nakatani
Madame Blanche
KW
Kenneth Welsh
Mayor Joncour
CR
Callum Keith Rennie
Schuyler
MR
Mark Rendall
Ludovic Berbek
MB
Martha Burns
Mme. Joncour
NW
Naoko Watanabe
Japanese Girl
TV
Tony Vogel
Café Verdun Man #1
HM
Hiroya Morita
Japanese Elder #1
HO
Hiroshi Ohguchi
Japanese Elder #2
TT
Toru Tezuka
Japanese Guide
AA
Akinori Ando
Ronin
JK
Jun Kunimura
Umon
KH
Kanata Hongo
Japanese Boy
YT
Yuya Takagawa
Japanese Trader #1
TS
Tarō Suwa
Japanese Trader #2
DC
Dimitri Carella
2-Year-Old Ludovic
DC
Dominick Carella
2-Year-Old Ludovic
JA
Joel Adams
4-Year-Old Ludovic
NT
Nicola Tovaglione
10-Year-Old Ludovic
CS
Chiara Stampone
Béatrice Berbek
TB
Toni Bertorelli
Verdun
CC
Carlo Cecchi
Priest
MF
Marc Fiorini
M. Chabert
LC
Leslie Csuth
M. Loiseau
NN
Nana Nagao
Geisha 1
KS
Katy Louise Saunders
Brothel Hostess
MM
Max Malatesta
Customs Officer
FC
Francesco Carnelutti
Doctor
MM
Maddalena Maggi
Brothel Hostess #2
MI
Makoto Inamiya
MM
Makoto Matsubara
YK
Yuki Kawanishi
HT
Hiroki Takano
Departments
33Production
- Susie FiggisCasting
- Béatrice KrugerCasting
- Toshiie TomidaCasting
- John BuchanCasting
- Camela GalanoExecutive Producer
- Jonathan DebinExecutive Producer
- Tatsumi YodaExecutive Producer
- Yasushi ShiinaExecutive Producer
- Akira IshiiExecutive Producer
- Patrice TherouxExecutive Producer
- Domenico ProcacciProducer
- Nadine LuqueProducer
- Niv FichmanProducer
- Sonoko SakaiProducer
- Emita FrigatoProduction Designer
- Fumio OgawaProduction Designer
Sound
- Jérôme DécarieFoley
- Nicolas GagnonFoley
- Daniel BissonFoley Recording Engineer
- Olivier CalvertSound
- Claude La HayeSound
- Claude BeaugrandSound
- Hans Peter StroblSound
- Bernard Gariépy StroblSound
Costume & Make-Up
- Carlo PoggioliCostume Designer
- Kazuko KurosawaCostume Designer
- Mariko TanakaMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Franco GalianoSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Shûichi KishiuraSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Stéphane LandryVFX Supervisor
Crew
- Angelo RagusaStunt Coordinator
- Hiroshi KuzeStunt Coordinator
Writing
- Alessandro BariccoNovel