Returner (2002) - Credits and Details

Returner Credits and Details

Directed by
	Takashi Yamazaki
Written by
	Takashi Yamazaki	...	screenplay
	Kenya Hirata	...	screenplay
Cast
	Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Miyamoto
	Anne Suzuki	...	Milly
	Kirin Kiki	...	Xie
	Gorô Kishitani	...	Mizoguchi
	Yukiko Okamoto	...	Dr. Yagi
	Mitsu Murata	...	Mizoguchi's Henchman
	Kisuke Iida	...	Mizoguchi's Henchman
	Kazuya Shimizu	...	Mizoguchi's Henchman
	Chiharu Kawai	...	Liu's Interpreter
	Dean Harrington	...	Dr. Brown
	Xiaoqun Zhao	...	Slave Merchant
	Masaya Takahashi	...	Liu Laoban
	Kenji Motomiya	...	Mizoguchi's Henchman
	Hôshi Ishida	...	Shifan (as Hoshi Ishida)
	Misako Nagashima
	Shûgo Oshinari	...	Shooter
	Steve Ryan	...	Future Soldier
	Bernard Beardsley	...	Future Soldier
	Sean Vertigo	...	Future Soldier (as Sean Ryan)
	Ahmad Ali	...	Future Soldier
	Eric Robinson	...	Future Technician
	Salah Soltane	...	Future Soldier (as Soltane M. Salah)
	Ari Andres	...	Future Technician
	Byron Baron	...	Future Soldier
	Adeyto	...	Future Technician (as Laura Windrash)
	Semenov Ivan	...	Future Technician
	Francisco Gala	...	Future Soldier
	Ryan Hill	...	Future Technician
	Nejat Shanino	...	Future Soldier
	Kristie Protacio	...	Future Technician
	Buruna	...	Future Soldier
	Kanata Hongô	...	Young Miyamoto
	Patrick Harlan	...	Newscaster (as PATRICK)
Uncredited Cast
	Richard Cansino	...	Mizoguchi (voice)
	Richard Epcar	...	Narrator (English version), (voice)
Produced by
	Chikahiro Ando	...	producer
	Toru Horibe	...	producer
	Masaki Koide	...	associate producer
	Akifumi Takuma	...	producer
Original Music by
	Akihiko Matsumoto
Special Effects by
	Kikuo Nôtomi	...	armourer / pyrotechnician
	Tôru Suzuki	...	special effects assistant
Visual Effects by
	Koji Busaka	...	inferno compositing: Imagica
	Kyoko Denda	...	management: Motor/lieZ
	Tsuguo Hayakawa	...	2d graphic image / system engineer: Shirogumi
	Masayuki Hosoyama	...	miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi
	Norio Ishii	...	vfx producer: Omnibus Japan
	Hiroshi Iwamoto	...	digital compositor: Shirogumi
	Toshiaki Kimura	...	miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi
	Yoshihiro Komori	...	digital data assist: Shirogumi
	Kazuyori Kosaka	...	compositor: Omnibus Japan
	Kei Matsumoto	...	3dcg artist: Shirogumi
	Yoshinori Motouchi	...	miniature maker/special prop maker: Shirogumi
	Hideaki Ogishima	...	compositor: Omnibus Japan
	Katsurô Onoue	...	vfx director
	Yuka Onoue	...	digital compositor: Shirogumi
	Rika Sasaki	...	miniature maker/special prop maker: Shirogumi
	Atsuki Satô	...	vfx: Motor/lieZ
	Kiyoko Shibuya	...	visual effects director: Shirogumi
	Jun Suganami	...	miniature shooting crew: Shirogumi
	Kentarô Taguchi	...	digital compositor: Shirogumi
	Masakuni Taira	...	3dcg artist: Shirogumi
	Masaki Takahashi	...	chief 3dcg artist: Shirogumi
	Namiki Takao	...	3dcg artist: Shirogumi
	Semin Tho	...	3dcg artist: Shirogumi
	Takashi Yamazaki	...	visual effects
Stunts
	Misako Nagashima	...	stunts
	Yûji Shimomura	...	stunts
	Hiroyuki Yoshida	...	utility stunts

Additional Info
Premiere:	August 31, 2002
DVD Release:	February 10, 2004
Country:
Distributor:	Sony Home Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
7.7 / 10	6.4 / 10	36 / 100

Alternate Titles
Ritaanaa

Production Companies
Amuse
Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV)
Imagica Corp.
Robot Communications
Shirogumi
Toho
Pony Canyon
Returner Film Partners

Distributors
Destination Films (2003) (United States) (subtitled) (theatrical)
Samuel Goldwyn Films (2003) (United States) (subtitled) (theatrical)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Himeji, Japan
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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