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Directed By
Nagisa Ôshima
Written By
Nagisa Ôshima
screenplay by
Paul Mayersberg
screenplay by
Lourens van der Post
based on the novel "The Seed and The Sower" by
Cast
David Bowie
Celliers
Tom Conti
Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yonoi
Takeshi Kitano
Hara
Jack Thompson
Hicksley
Johnny Ohkura
Kanemoto
Alistair Browning
De Jong
James Malcolm
Celliers' Brother
Chris Broun
Celliers 12 Years
Yûya Uchida
Commandant of Military Prison
Ryûnosuke Kaneda
President of the Court
Takashi Naitô
Lieutenant Iwata
Tamio Ishikura
Prosecutor
Rokkô Toura
Interpreter
Kan Mikami
Lieutenant Ito
Yûji Honma
PFC Yajima
Daisuke Iijima
Corporal Ueki
Hideo Murota
New Commandant of Camp
Barry Dorking
Chief Doctor
Geoff Clendon
Australian Doctor
Grant Bridger
P.O.W. Officer
Richard Adams
P.O.W.
Geoff Allen
P.O.W.
Michael Baxter-Lax
P.O.W.
Mark Berg
P.O.W.
Marcus Campbell
P.O.W.
Colin Francis
P.O.W.
Richard Hensby
P.O.W.
Richard Hoare
P.O.W.
Martin Ibbertson
P.O.W.
Rob Jayne
P.O.W.
Richard Mills
P.O.W.
Mark Penrose
P.O.W.
Arthur Ranford
P.O.W.
Steve Smith
P.O.W.
Stephen Taylor
P.O.W.
Richard Zimmerman
P.O.W.
Ian Miller
English Guard
Don Stevens
Pastor
Yôichi Iijima
Japanese Soldier
Satoshi Ito
Japanese Soldier
Masaki Kusakabe
Japanese Soldier
Kunihide Kuruma
Japanese Soldier
Hiroshi Mikami
Japanese Soldier
Akihiro Masuda
Japanese Soldier
Tokuhisa Masuda
Japanese Soldier
Takeshi Nagasawa
Japanese Soldier
Takashi Odashima
Japanese Soldier
Masanori Okada
Japanese Soldier
Shoetsu Sato
Japanese Soldier
Rintaro Shibata
Japanese Soldier
Masamichi Shibasaki
Japanese Soldier
Kaname Shimura
Japanese Soldier
Kenzo Shirahama
Japanese Soldier
Hisao Takeda
Japanese Soldier
Hidenobu Togo
Japanese Soldier
Atsuo Yamashita
Japanese Soldier
Heiwa Yoshihara
Japanese Soldier
Takeshi Yu
Japanese Soldier
Peter Barakan
Prisoner
Alastair Floyd
P.O.W.
Rex Wilmshurst
P.O.W.
Produced By
Terry Glinwood
executive producer
Masato Hara
executive producer
Joyce Herlihy
associate producer
Geoffrey Nethercott
executive producer
Eiko Oshima
executive producer
Larry Parr
associate producer
Jeremy Thomas
producer
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer
Cinematography
Tôichirô Narushima
director of photography
Sound
Eugene Arts
boom operator
Akira Honma
dubbing mixer / sound effects
Mikio Mori
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Mike Westgate
sound recordist
Editing
Tomoyo Oshima
Production Design
Shigemasa Toda
Art Direction
Andrew Sanders
Makeup
Antony Clavet
makeup supervisor
Glenis Daly
hair stylist
Bryony Hurden
makeup assistant
Robern Pickering
chief makeup artist
Special Effects
Kevin Chisnall
special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
Shulamit Levin
digital restoration artist
Assistant Director
Jonty Barraud
second assistant director
Geoffery Hill
third assistant director
Lee Tamahori
first assistant director
Art Department
Masaru Arakawa
set dresser
Lyn Bergquist
property buyer
Kyoichi Hashimoto
construction manager
Tetsuya Hataya
assistant art director
Trevor Haysom
stand-by props assistant
Ryoichi Kamon
construction technician
Masaaki Kobayashi
construction technician
Bryan McDonald
property assistant
Kazumasa Nomura
assistant art director
Chris Paulger
stand-by props
Pam Seabold
property assistant
Yutaka Wakase
construction technician
Shoichi Yasuda
property master
Editorial
Kimie Kawagishi
negative cutter
Kenichi Takashima
assistant film editor
Other
Vivien Bridgewater
production secretary
Sevilla Delofski
assistant to producer
Didi Dickson
interpreter
Mitsue Fujita
assistant production accountant
Ralph Gardiner
armorer
Tony Hedges
production accountant
Margaret Hilliard
production coordinator
Lynne Newport
assistant production accountant
Susan Nicholas
nurse
Roger Pulvers
assistant to director / dialogue coach
Kuniko Usui
production assistant
Brian Mahony
insurance broker
Natsuko Toda
translation: Japanese
Kansai Yamamoto
concept designer
Casting Department
Diana Rowan
casting: New Zealand
Takashi Ueno
casting: Japan
Costume Department
Norman Forsey
wardrobe assistant
Leslie Gilda
wardrobe assistant
Kazuo Matsuda
wardrobe master
Christine West
wardrobe supervisor
Camera Department
Rick Allender
clapper loader
Ian Beale
electrician
Dennis Cullen
grip
Tex Foote
generator operator
Ken George
still photographer
Brian Harris
key grip
Don Jowsey
best boy
Geoff Maine
electrician
Warren Mearns
gaffer
Brendon Mune
electrician
Jeff O'Donnell
grip
Ian Philp
electrician
Andy Roelants
focus puller
Hiroaki Sugimura
camera operator
Takashi Ueno
still photographer
Location Management
Takashi Shirai
location manager
Script Department
Raijin Nakahata
continuity
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