Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
| Yimou Zhang | ||
Writing Credits
| Yimou Zhang | ... | (story) and |
| Jingzhi Zou | ... | (story) and |
| Bin Wang | ... | (story) |
| Jingzhi Zou | ... | (screenplay) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Ken Takakura | ... | Gôichi Takata | |
| Shinobu Terajima | ... | Rie Takata | |
| Kiichi Nakai | ... | Kenichi Takata (voice) | |
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Ken Nakamoto | ... | Electrician |
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Jiamin Li | ... | Li Jiamin |
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Jiang Wen | ... | Jasmine |
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Lin Qiu | ... | Lingo |
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Li Bin Li | ... | Director Li (as Bin Li) |
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Ziliang Chen | ... | Warden Chen |
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Zezhou He | ... | Village Chief |
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Zhenbo Yang | ... | Yang Yang |
Produced by
| William Kong | ... | producer (as Bill Kong) |
| Jian Xiu | ... | producer |
| Weiping Zhang | ... | producer |
| Yimou Zhang | ... | producer |
| Zhenyan Zhang | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Wenjing Guo | ||
Cinematography by
| Xiaoding Zhao | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Long Cheng | ||
Production Design by
| Li Sun | ||
Makeup Department
| Mitsue Sato | ... | makeup artist: Japan |
| Fumi Takeshita | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan / makeup artist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
| Xiaoxi Yu | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
| George Awburn | ... | supervising editor: Digital Pictures |
| Tianhui Ge | ... | production manager |
| Xinming Huang | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Takahiro Kawada | ... | production manager: Japan |
| Atsuo Kikuchi | ... | unit manager: Japan |
| William Kong | ... | production manager |
| Jane Maguire | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Akira Morishige | ... | unit manager: Japan |
| Lun Pu | ... | production manager |
| Kerri Schwarze | ... | post-production supervisor: Complete Post |
| Ken'ichi Yamada | ... | unit manager: Japan (as Kenichi Yamada) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Lulu Fu | ... | assistant director |
| Yasuo Furuhata | ... | director: Japan |
| Toshimasa Miyamura | ... | assistant director: Japan |
| Ellen Wei | ... | assistant director |
| Xiguo Wu | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Zhongshan Guo | ... | assistant art director |
| Zhongquan Hu | ... | set dresser |
| Yasuo Kashima | ... | assistant set dresser: Japan |
| Chieko Kashiyama | ... | assistant art director: Japan |
| Minglai Li | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Yuping Liu | ... | props assistant |
| Ke Mu | ... | property master |
| Yukiharu Seshimo | ... | assistant art director: Japan |
| Taichi Utsunomiya | ... | props assistant: Japan |
| Takaichi Wakamatsu | ... | production design: Japan |
| Geming Wang | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Wenyi Wang | ... | props assistant |
| Takeshi Yanagisawa | ... | props assistant: Japan |
| Min Yang | ... | props assistant |
| Shuping Yao | ... | set dresser |
| Quanrong Yu | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Chaochen Zhang | ... | assistant set dresser |
| Lisen Zhang | ... | assistant set dresser |
Sound Department
| Sona Balam | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Huijun Cao | ... | location sound assistant (as Huijin Cao) |
| Wei He | ... | sound effects editor |
| Qianqian Ke | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Takashi Kuno | ... | sound assistant: Japan |
| Jing Li | ... | sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Xu Liu | ... | location sound assistant |
| Huijia Mo | ... | sound effects editor / sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Jiajia Mok) |
| Andy Neil | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia (as Andrew Neil) |
| Zeliang Niu | ... | location sound assistant |
| Paul Pirola | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia / sound mixer: Soundfirm Australia |
| Teiichi Saitô | ... | sound designer: Japan |
| Roger Savage | ... | sound supervisor: Soundfirm Australia |
| Ye Shu | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Blair Slater | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Australia |
| Jing Tao | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Hoa Tu | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Terry Tu | ... | foley artist |
| Mario Vaccaro | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Australia |
| Rainbow Wang | ... | supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Yuhong Wang) |
| Zhida Wei | ... | sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Jing Xiao | ... | second sound assistant / sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Fan Xie | ... | sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Masahito Yano | ... | sound assistant: Japan |
| Hui Zhang | ... | sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
| Zhigang Zhang | ... | first sound assistant |
Visual Effects by
| Clayton Bell | ... | digital data management: Digital Pictures |
| Terence Cheng | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
| Bessie Cheuk | ... | visual effects controller: Asia Legend Limited |
| Manny Espino | ... | digital technical director: Digital Pictures |
| Fiona Fry | ... | digital intermediate producer: Digital Pictures |
| Ron Korpi | ... | digital data systems: Digital Pictures |
| Ringo Lee | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
| Eric Leung | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
| Kwok-Shing Lo | ... | visual effects producer: Asia Legend Limited (as Leo Lo) |
| Florian Martin | ... | consulting digital technical director: Digital Pictures (as Florian 'Utsi' Martin) |
| Ross Mitchell | ... | optical effects: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
| Peter Peric | ... | digital technical assessment: Digital Pictures |
| Graeme Pitt | ... | digital data supervisor: Digital Pictures |
| Tony Poriazis | ... | film recording supervisor: Digital Pictures |
| Sarah Robertson | ... | image repair and negative dirt removal: Digital Pictures |
| Henny Van Teyfingen | ... | digital technical support: Digital Pictures |
| Lisa Ying | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
| Donald Yip | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ran An | ... | digital video assist operator |
| Hajime Baba | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
| Xiaoyan Bai | ... | still photographer |
| Jinxiang Cao | ... | electrician |
| Junfei Cao | ... | electrician |
| Yuan Chen | ... | generator operator |
| Hikaru Chikamatsu | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Liang Cui | ... | camera assistant |
| Hiroyuki Futami | ... | coordinator: lighting equipment, Japan |
| Shiyi Gao | ... | assistant electrician: Japan |
| Wei Jia | ... | grip |
| Tsuyoshi Kage | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Hongying Kang | ... | electrician |
| Keiji Katô | ... | electrician: Japan (as Keiji Kato) |
| Takayuki Kawabe | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Daisaku Kimura | ... | director of photography: Japan |
| Takumi Kobayashi | ... | electrician: Japan |
| Yuan Liang | ... | grip |
| Shigeru Ohki | ... | still photographer: Japan |
| Kaoru Saitô | ... | gaffer: Japan |
| Muneyoshi Sajaue | ... | assistant camera: Japan (as Muneyoshi Sakaue) |
| Xueyuan Shi | ... | generator operator |
| Dehua Song | ... | assistant camera |
| Mingliang Sun | ... | electrician |
| Tsutomu Takada | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
| Yu Wang | ... | electrician |
| Ze Xie | ... | assistant camera |
| Ou Xu | ... | lighting designer |
| Kosuke Yamada | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
| Qianbin Yang | ... | video assist operator |
| Cunhua Zhang | ... | electrician |
| Cunyou Zhang | ... | electrician |
| Nan Zhang | ... | camera assistant |
| Chuncheng Zhao | ... | camera assistant |
| Xianwen Zhao | ... | camera assistant |
| Xianzhang Zhao | ... | electrician |
Casting Department
| Hoei Project | ... | extras casting: Japan (as Project Hoei) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Jin-Hua Gu | ... | costumer (as Jinhua Gu) |
| Tomoko Suzuki | ... | stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
| Kyoko Takahashi | ... | costumer: Japan |
| Jianghong Zhou | ... | assistant costumer |
Editorial Department
| Lesley Aitkin | ... | script services: post-production |
| Ian Anderson | ... | laboratory post-production manager: Cineves Film Laboratories |
| Billy Browne | ... | editing assistant: Australia |
| Paul Cross | ... | negative matching supervisor: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
| Kerry Dibbs | ... | post-production assistant |
| Franco Diciero | ... | negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
| John Fleming | ... | digital intermediate project manager: Digital Pictures |
| Ling Geng | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Pinghu Gu | ... | dv editor / on-set editor |
| Al Hansen | ... | digital colorist |
| Adrian Hauser | ... | senior colorist: Complete Post |
| Akimasa Kawashima | ... | editor: Japan |
| Rachel Knowles | ... | digital intermediate coordinator: Digital Pictures |
| Eugene Leonello | ... | negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
| Stanley Lopuszanski | ... | colorist: Digital Pictures |
| Leigh Segal | ... | post-production facilities manager: Complete Post |
| Chieko Suzaki | ... | assistant editor: Japan |
| Caroline Whiteley | ... | color grader |
| Ligen Zhao | ... | assistant editor |
Location Management
| Gang Xu | ... | location production assistant |
| Xiangchun Zeng | ... | location production assistant |
| Renqiao Zuo | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
| Wei Chen | ... | musician: percussion |
| Ross Cockle | ... | music remix engineer: Soundfirm Australia / score remix engineer: opening and closing titles |
| Ya Dai | ... | musician: flute |
| Sida Guo | ... | musician: midi |
| Xiaopei Li | ... | music recordist |
| Fei Song | ... | musician: zhong hu |
| Sha Yuan | ... | musician: string |
| Quansheng Zhang | ... | musician: ma tou qin |
| Jiazhen Zhao | ... | musician: gu qin |
Script and Continuity Department
| Dan Lu | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Masanobu Amemiya | ... | transportation: production, Japan |
| Koji Sekiguchi | ... | transportation chief: Japan |
| Mitsunobu Tono | ... | transportation: cast, Japan |
Additional Crew
| Tom Alper | ... | insurance: Speare and Company |
| Jia Cui | ... | assistant to director |
| Zhao Danian | ... | second production assistant |
| Yexin Fan | ... | catering assistant |
| Howard Frumes | ... | legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes |
| Ke Gao | ... | production assistant |
| Pamela Hammond | ... | client liaison: Digital Pictures |
| Katsuko Hatayama | ... | production assistant: Japan |
| Zhihua Hou | ... | assistant to director |
| Wenrui Jia | ... | caterer |
| Xiaowei Kang | ... | accountant |
| Tomoko Katahara | ... | production assistant: Japan |
| Emi Kawano | ... | script supervisor: Japan (as Emi Kawano) |
| Shirô Kido | ... | talent manager: Japan |
| Takahiro Komura | ... | assistant to director: Japan |
| Yanlong Li | ... | catering assistant |
| Yinghui Li | ... | assistant to director |
| Mingna Liu | ... | accountant |
| Chris Lu | ... | subtitles: English |
| Shasha Luo | ... | documentary filmmaker |
| Atsushi Naito | ... | legal services: Aoyama Law Offices |
| Youko Nakagawa | ... | translator: Japanese script |
| Kaoru Nakamura | ... | production coordinator: Japan |
| Guanghe Ni | ... | second production assistant |
| Liwei Pang | ... | assistant to director |
| Li'an Qin | ... | interpreter |
| Toshifumi Shimizu | ... | assistant to director: Japan |
| Shuo Tian | ... | production interpreter |
| Zhaojun Tian | ... | accountant |
| Bin Wang | ... | story consultant |
| Jianguo Wang | ... | second production assistant |
| Xiaoshun Xu | ... | production assistant |
| Cloudy Yang | ... | translator: English script |
| Alice Yeung | ... | production coordinator |
| Yefei Yin | ... | interpreter |
| Jihu Zhang | ... | catering assistant |
| Jingsheng Zhang | ... | chief interpreter / subtitles: Japanese |
| Xuemei Zhang | ... | accountant |
| Shufen Zhao | ... | accountant |
| Ping Zhou | ... | physical therapist |
| Jiajun Zhu | ... | second production assistant |
