Cast (21)

Keanu Reeves

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kyōko Kagawa

Self - Actress

Yōko Tsukasa

Self - Actress

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Self - Actor

Takeshi Katō

Self - Actor

Kaoru Yachigusa

Self - Actress

Yōsuke Natsuki

Self - Actor

Terumi Niki

Self - Actress

Steven Spielberg

Self - Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker

Shirō Mifune

Self - Mifune's Eldest Son

Hisao Kurosawa

Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son

Teruyo Nogami

Self - Script Supervisor

Tadao Sato

Self - Film Historian

Sadao Nakajima

Self - Filmmaker

Haruo Nakajima

Self - Actor

Kanzō Uni

Self - Sword Fighting Choreographer

Wataru Akashi

Self - Publicist

Koji Yakusho

Self - Actor

Toshirō Mifune

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (archive footage)

Crew (36)

Jeffrey Wood

Original Music Composer

Tohru Hina

Director of Photography

Yasuyuki Ishikawa

Director of Photography

Mark Gorney

Researcher

Guy Mossman

Director of Photography

Akiko Tsushima

Hairstylist

Mitsumasa Sawada

Hairstylist

Allison Nakamura

Researcher

Eric Lin

Director of Photography

Akiko Tsushima

Makeup Artist

Ayano Iwane

Hairstylist

Daniel Olmsted

Sound Mixer

Katsuhiro Hidachi

Gaffer

Tsuyoshi Abo

Sound

Kyle Porter

Sound Recordist

Greg Knowles

Post Production Coordinator

Brandon Rein

Archival Footage Research

Tōichirō Shiraishi

Producer

Michiko Matsuda

Book

Daniel Olmsted

Sound Editor

Greg Knowles

Assistant Editor

Isao Kawauchi

Executive Producer

Steven Okazaki

Producer

Steven Okazaki

Director

Toshiaki Nakazawa

Producer

Steven Okazaki

Writer

Takeshi Hoshino

Executive Producer

Mitsumasa Sawada

Makeup Artist

Steven Okazaki

Editor

Ayano Iwane

Makeup Artist

Kensuke Zushi

Producer

Stuart Galbraith IV

Writer

Tarō Gotō

Producer

Yukie Kito

Producer

Rikiya Mifune

Consulting Producer

Nobuyuki Tohya

Executive Producer