PROD. COMPANIES:

Omega Project
AFDF Korea
Film Face
Creators Company Connection
Body Sonic

DIRECTOR: Takashi Miike

PRODUCERS: Satoshi Fukushima - Producer
Akemi Suyama - Producer
Toyoyuki Yokohama - Executive Producer

CAST:

Ryo Ishibashi - Shigeharu Aoyama
Eihi Shiina - Asami Yamazaki
Tetsu Sawaki - Shigehiko Aoyama
Jun Kunimura - Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Renji Ishibashi - Old Man in Wheelchair
Miyuki Matsuda - Ryoko Aoyama
Toshie Negishi - Rie
Ren Osugi - Shibata
Shigeru Saiki - Toastmaster
Ken Teruishi - Director
Yurika Hirooka - Michiyo Yanagida
Fumiyo Kobinata - TV Station Producer
Misato Nakamura - Misuzu Takagi
Masato Arima - Young Shigeharu
Nattsu Tanahashi - Hotel Front Desk
Kimiko Tachibana - FM Announcer
Tatsuo Endo - Doctor
Koshio Shintoji - Nurse
Kanji Tsuda - Bartender

CREDITS:

Daisuke Tengan - Screenplay
Ryu Murakami - From Novel
Hideo Yamamoto - Director of Photography
Yasushi Shimamura - Editor
Koji Endo - Music
Tatsuo Ozeki - Production Designer
Tomoe Kumagai - Costume Designer
Jun'ichi Endo - Line Producer
Go Suzuki - Production Manager
Fumiake Kato - Assistant Director
Akira Ono - Lighting Director
Yzichi Matsui - special effects fabrication
Jun Nakamura - Sound Mixer
Kenji Shibazaki - Sound Effects
Elie Park - Song Performer ("Scarlet")

ADDITIONAL NOTES Subtitled English
C Eastman Kodak
Rating: MPAA NONE
Rating: BBFC 18 (British Board of Film Classification)
Dialogue: Japanese
10,384 ft
Dolby Digital/ DTS (Digital Theater System)
RUNNING TIME 115 mins.

FESTIVALS:

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.

Shown at Brisbane International Film Festival July 27 - August 8, 2000.

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 13-27, 2000.

AWARDS Winner of the KNF Prize from the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists at the 2000 Rotterdam International Film Festival

Releases:

Released in United Kingdom March 16, 2001.
Released in Canada May 18, 2001.

Released in New York City (Film Forum) August 8-21, 2001.

Released in San Jose, Berkeley, and San Francisco, California September 14, 2001.

Released in Seattle October 5, 2001.

Released in Dallas and Houston, October 19, 2001.

Released in Portland, Oregon October 26, 2001.

Released in Philadelphia November 2, 2001.

Released in Cambridge, Massachusettes November 16, 2001

Released in Los Angeles November 16, 2001.

Released in Chicago November 30, 2001.

Released in Austin, Texas January 2002.

Released in France March 6, 2002.