Cast & Crew

Directed by

Masahiro Shinoda

Writing Credits

Yû Aku
(novel)
Tsutomu Tamura
(screenplay)

Cast

Takaya Yamauchi
Ryuta
Yoshiyuki Ômori
Baraketsu
Masako Natsume
Teacher Komako
Akihiro Hattori
Teruo Nakai
Osamu Yamazaki
Carrot
Munekatsu Mori
Bora
Takeshi Maruya
Gancha
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Dankichi
Miyasu Toda
Anone
Shôichi Kuwayama
Principal
Nobuo Nakanishi
Vice-principal
Shima Iwashita
Tome Anabuki
Jun Hamamura
Shipwright
Hideji Ôtaki
Ashigara
Mansaku Fuwa
Youth Leader
Naomi Chiaki
Miyo
Dennis Falt
American army sergeant
Hiromi Gô
Masao Nakai
Jûzô Itami
Hatano
Bill Jenson
Lt. Anderson
Haruko Katô
Haru Ashigara
Howard Muffett
Military
Shiori Sakura
Takeme 'Mume' Hatano
Shinsuke Shimada
Jiro
Ken Watanabe
Tetsuo Nakai
Thomas Blamey
Self
L. Moore Cosgrave
Self
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Self
Kuzma Derevyanko
Self
Robert Eichelberger
Self
Bruce Fraser
Self
C.E.L. Helfrich
Self
Hirohito
Self
Yung-Chang Hsu
Self
Leonard M. Isitt
Self
Toshikazu Kase
Self
Douglas MacArthur
Self
Shûichi Miyazaki
Self
Yatsuji Nagai
Self
Chester W. Nimitz
Self
Katsuo Okazaki
Self
Katsuo Shiba
Self
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Self
Ichiji Sugita
Self
Robert Thorn III
Adopted American Boy
Tadatoshi Tomioka
Self
Yoshijirô Umezu
Self
Ichirô Yokoyama
Self
Saburô Ôta
Self

Produced by

Masato Hara
executive producer
Seikichi Iizumi
producer
Masayuki Motomochi
assistant producer
Ken'ichirô Yamashita
producer

Music by

Shinichirô Ikebe

Cinematography by

Kazuo Miyagawa

Editing by

Sachiko Yamaji

Production Design by

Dai Arakawa

Art Direction by

Yoshinobu Nishioka
(art)

Costume Design by

Setsu Asakura

Makeup Department

Kôji Takemura
makeup artist

Production Management

Kunio Niwa
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tôru Harada
assistant director
Masaru Koibuchi
assistant director
Kazuto Kunishige
assistant director
Masao Nagai
assistant director

Art Department

Shizuo Arakawa
decoration assistant
Masao Baba
stage props
Kyoichi Yanase
stage props

Sound Department

Akira Honma
sound effects
Hideo Nishizaki
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Hideo Itô
assistant camera
Yoshio Iyama
lighting assistant
Koichi Kamata
lighting assistant
Yorihiko Kasunoki
assistant camera
Kenichi Kondo
assistant camera
Masahiro Miyajima
assistant camera
Hideo Mori
assistant camera
Yuichi Oyama
lighting assistant
Makoto Sano
lighting assistant
Takeji Sano
gaffer (as Takeharu Sano)
Tetsuo Sawada
lighting assistant
Shintaro Tazaki
lighting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kiichi Arai
costumer

Editorial Department

Tome Minami
negative editor
Ken'ichi Takashima
assistant editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo
assistant editor

Additional Crew

Yasutaka Ebina
planner (as Toshinori Ebina)
Kazuo Kuroi
planner
Takenori Masuzaki
special equipment
Isao Nishimura
special equipment
All Filters