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Directed By
Written By
- Alessandro Baricco
- novel
- François Girard
- screenplay
- Michael Golding
- screenplay
Cast
- Sei Ashina
- The Girl
- Michael Pitt
- Hervé Joncour
- Tony Vogel
- Café Verdun Man #1
- Toni Bertorelli
- Verdun
- Keira Knightley
- Hélène Joncour
- Kenneth Welsh
- Mayor Joncour
- Martha Burns
- Mme. Joncour
- Alfred Molina
- Baldabiou
- Michael Golding
- Clerk
- Carlo Cecchi
- Priest
- Chiara Stampone
- Béatrice Berbek
- Marc Fiorini
- M. Chabert
- Alexander Brooks
- M. Loiseau
- Tôru Tezuka
- Japanese Guide
- Hiroya Morita
- Japanese Elder #1
- Akinori Andô
- Ronin
- Jun Kunimura
- Umon
- Kanata Hongô
- Japanese Boy
- Kôji Yakusho
- Hara Jubei
- Dimitri Carella
- 2-Year-Old Ludovic
- Dominick Carella
- 2-Year-Old Ludovic
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Schuyler
- Naoko Watanabe
- Japanese Girl
- Hidetarô Honjô
- Shamisen Player
- Nana Nagao
- Geisha #1
- Saki Aoi
- Geisha #2
- Hiroshi Ôguchi
- Japanese Elder #2
- Michio Akahane
- Japanese Elder #3
- Yûya Takagawa
- Japanese Trader #1
- Tarô Suwa
- Japanese Trader #2
- Katy Louise Saunders
- Brothel Hostess
- Miki Nakatani
- Madame Blanche
- Max Malatesta
- Customs Officer
- Joel Adams
- 4-Year-Old Ludovic
- Luca De Bei
- Café Verdun Man #2
- Ed Licht
- Diplomat
- Domenico Procacci
- Ambassador
- Nicola Tovaglione
- 10-Year-Old Ludovic
- Francesco Carnelutti
- Doctor
- Mark Rendall
- Ludovic Berbek
- Maddalena Maggi
- Brothel Hostess #2
- Makoto Inamiya
- Japanese Trader / Elder
- Makoto Matsubara
- Japanese Trader / Elder
- Yuki Kawanishi
- Japanese Trader / Elder
- Hidenori Shimizu
- Japanese Trader / Elder
- Hiroki Takano
- Japanese Trader / Elder
Produced By
- Alessandro Baricco
- executive producer
- Jonathan Debin
- executive producer
- Niv Fichman
- producer
- Cam Galano
- executive producer
- François Girard
- executive producer
- Akira Ishii
- executive producer
- Masaru Koibuchi
- line producer: Japan
- Gianluca Leurini
- line producer: Italy
- Nadine Luque
- producer
- Sheena Macdonald
- associate producer: Rhombus Media
- Jacques Méthé
- producer: Quebec
- Sahar Nasser
- associate producer: second unit, Egypt
- Domenico Procacci
- producer
- Rami Rabei
- line producer: second unit, Egypt
- Sonoko Sakai
- producer
- Yasushi Shiina
- executive producer
- Barbara Willis Sweete
- associate producer: Rhombus Media
- Patrice Theroux
- executive producer
- Larry Weinstein
- associate producer: Rhombus Media
- Michael Woodward
- executive producer
- Tatsumi Yoda
- executive producer
Music
Cinematography
- Alain Dostie
- director of photography
Sound
- Claude Beaugrand
- sound
- Daniel Bisson
- adr recording engineer / foley recording engineer
- Karim Blondy
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Gregory Bolduc
- re-recording assistant engineer
- David Boulton
- adr recording engineer
- Olivier Calvert
- sound
- Jean-Charles Desjardins
- adr recording engineer
- Jérôme Décarie
- foley artist
- Natalie Fleurant
- supervising adr editor
- Nicolas Gagnon
- assistant to foley artist
- Bernard Gariépy Strobl
- re-recording mixer
- Hideaki Ishii
- adr recording engineer
- Claude La Haye
- sound
- Hans Laitres
- re-recording assistant engineer
- Kim Picard
- sound studio coordinator
- Francine Poirier
- dialogue editor
- Francis Péloquin
- boom operator
- Vincent Riendeau
- re-recording assistant engineer
- Alessandro Savino
- sound assistant: Italy
- Steve F.B. Smith
- sound consultant: Dolby
- Jean-Philippe St-Laurent
- dialogue editor assistant
- Hans Peter Strobl
- sound
- Rin Takada
- sound assistant: Japan
- Johannie Gervais
- assistant sound editor
- Peter Gleaves
- adr mixer
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Costumes
Makeup
- Miho Anraku
- hair stylist: Japan
- Carlo Barucci
- key hair stylist: Italy
- Francesca De Simone
- hair stylist: Italy
- Raffaella Iorio
- makeup artist: Italy
- Akiko Kawata
- hair stylist: second unit, Japan
- Veronika Kostrhounova
- makeup artist: Italy
- Rosa Luciani
- hair stylist: Italy
- Mario Michisanti
- key makeup artist: Italy
- Miyoko Sakurai
- makeup artist: Japan
- Mitsue Sato
- makeup artist: Ms. Nakatani, Japan
- Francesco Scaramella
- hair stylist
- Tsutomu Sugawara
- hair stylist: Japan
- Mariko Tanaka
- makeup artist: Japan
- Hayato Toyama
- hair stylist: Japan
- Azusa Yamaguchi
- assistant makeup artist: Japan
- Fulvio Zucconi
- hair stylist
Special Effects
- Tiberio Angeloni
- special effects assistant: Italy
- Jean-François Aubin
- special effects: snow, Japan
- Franco Galiano
- special effects supervisor: M.A.G., Italy
- Paolo Galiano
- special effects assistant: Italy
- Shûichi Kishiura
- special effects supervisor: Japan
- Tsuneo Koumi
- special effects: snow, Japan
- Chuji Shimajiri
- special effects: Japan
- Narumi Tsuzaki
- special effects: snow, Japan
- Giancarlo Mancini
- special effects
- Guillaume Murray
- special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
- Patrick Bergeron
- lead digital compositing artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Etienne Daigle
- compositing artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Martin Desrochers
- 3D artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Davis Goodman
- system administrator: Studio Ex-Centris
- Mathieu Jolicoeur
- compositing artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Stéphane Landry
- digital visual effects supervisor
- Guillaume Marin-Lafond
- rotoscope artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Rene Morel
- digital matte painter: Studio Ex-Centris
- Renaud Paradis
- system administrator: Studio Ex-Centris
- Mathieu Raynault
- digital matte painter: Studio Ex-Centris
- Christian Rittener
- 3D artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Alain Roy
- digital visual effects producer: Studio Ex-Centris
- Muriel Tiberghien
- 3D artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Nathalie Tremblay
- compositing artist: Studio Ex-Centris
- Elise Voyer
- digital visual effects project manager: Studio Ex-Centris
Assistant Director
- Ad Paola Carocci
- trainee assistant director: Italy
- Tetsuo Funabashi
- second assistant director: Japan
- Toshitaka Furuike
- second second assistant director: Japan
- Mario Janelle
- second unit director
- Takayuki Kawatsu
- second second assistant director: Japan
- Ed Licht
- first assistant director
- Shinya Masuda
- second assistant director: Japan
- Fumio Nomoto
- first assistant director: second unit, Japan
- Sara Rosato
- second second assistant director: Italy
- Luigi Spoletini
- first assistant director: Italy
- Mon Takada
- second assistant director: second unit, Japan
- Alessandro Trapani
- second assistant director: Italy
- Andreas Kassab
- assistant director
Production Management
- Caterina Caratilli
- unit manager: Italy
- Takayuki Denno
- production manager: second unit, Japan
- Hamed El Bagoury
- production manager: second unit, Egypt
- Shuji Hosoya
- unit manager: Japan
- Georges Jardon
- post-production supervisor
- Kyoko Kageyama
- production supervisor: Japan
- Roberto Leone
- production manager: Italy
- Valeria Licurgo
- production supervisor: Fandango
- Fabrizio Prada
- unit manager: Italy
- Tsutomu Sakurai
- production manager: Japan
- Robert Wilson-Smith
- production manager: second unit
Art Department
- Nobuhiro Akitaya
- set decorator: Japan
- Carlo Aloisio
- set dresser: Italy
- Giorgio Barullo
- scenic painter: Italy
- Nathaie Bencharova
- art department coordinator: second unit, Russia
- Claudio Bernardi
- art department laborer: Italy
- Francesca Birri
- assistant: Ms. Braemer
- Cecile Braemer
- art department coordinator
- Giovanna Capoguzzi
- greensman: Italy
- Adriano Cattaneo
- assistant set dresser: Italy
- Luciano Ceccotti
- green master: Italy
- Giovanni Chiacchio
- art department laborer: Italy
- Valentin Chikov
- props: second unit, Russia
- Alessandro Coppolecchia
- art department laborer: Italy
- Sabrina Coppolecchia
- set decorator: Italy
- Massimiliano Corte
- stand-by props: second unit, Italy
- Lorenzo D'Ambrosio
- art department laborer: Italy
- Fabio Drusin
- art department laborer: Italy
- Denis Dulude
- title designer
- Stefania Ferro
- greensman: Italy
- Marco Ficorella
- swing gang: Italy
- Fioravanti
- greensman: Italy
- Emita Frigato
- production designer: Italy
- Roberto Fè
- art department laborer: Italy
- Ermanno Gentilezza
- swing gang: Italy
- Patrick Gentilezza
- property master assistant: Italy
- Marina Giuseppini
- art department buyer: Italy
- Denis Hamel
- property master
- Mami Ishida
- assistant set decorator: Japan
- Michele Izzo
- art department laborer: Italy
- Chieko Kashiyama
- assistant art director: Japan
- Maki Kobayashi
- set dresser: Japan
- Brian Kobo
- prop coordinator: Japan
- Noriyuki Kondo
- art director: Japan
- Maria Garzia Leone
- assistant art director: Italy
- Gianni Luciani
- art department facilitator: Italy
- Luciano Magagnini
- property master: Italy
- Angelo Mariani
- swing gang: Italy
- Pietro Masotti
- drapesman: Italy
- Kazuhiko Matsugu
- art coordinator: Japan
- Kazuta Matsunaga
- set dresser: Japan
- Masumi Miura
- assistant set designer: Japan
- Aki Murai
- prop assistant: Japan
- Gino Nastasi
- swing gang: Italy
- Giovanni Nucera
- prop assistant: Italy
- Fumio Ogawa
- production designer: Japan
- Itsuzan Osawa
- calligrapher: Japan
- Paola Peraro
- assistant art director: Italy
- Domenico Pierotti
- art department laborer: Italy
- Loredana Raffi
- set dresser: Italy
- Diego Ricci
- assistant art director: Italy
- Roberto Ricci
- set constructor: Italy
- Yuzuru Sakai
- property master: Japan
- Monica Sallustio
- draftsman: Italy
- Cinzia Sarto
- draftsman: Italy
- Yukihisa Satosu
- assistant art director: Japan
- Luigi Sergianni
- construction manager: Italy
- Yukiharu Seshimo
- set designer: Japan
- Santo Spalla
- scenic painter: Italy
- Tomoyuki Takagi
- set dresser: Japan
- Kenji Takao
- set dresser: Japan
- Kazuharu Tsuboi
- construction captain: Japan
- Nobuaki Watanabe
- set dresser: Japan
- Lucia Zeccara
- set dresser: Italy
- Danilo Zera
- property master assistant: Italy
Stunts
- Koji Fukae
- stunts: Japan
- Yoshiaki Ieki
- stunts: Japan
- Yusaku Kawase
- stunts: Japan
- Hiroshi Kuze
- stunt coordinator: Japan
- Mariano Manna
- stunt rider: Ronin, second unit, Italy
- Kazuhiro Okayama
- stunts: Japan
- Catia Pasqualoni
- stunt double: Keira Knightley
- Angelo Ragusa
- stunt coordinator: Italy
- Gabriele Ragusa
- stunt double: Hervé. second unit, Italy
- Andrea Rezza
- stunt rider: Ronin, second unit, Italy
- Mamoru Tanimoto
- stunts: Japan
- Kimio Yamada
- assistant stunt coordinator: Japan
Editorial
- Linda Bourgeois
- negative cutter: Citelab/Global Vision
- Marie-Hélène Bourget
- digital intermediate technician: Citelab/Global Vision
- Jim Campabanal
- negative cutter: Citelab/Global Vision
- Pascale Dubé
- post-production coordinator
- Geneviève Duffault
- digital intermediate post supervisor: Citelab/Global Vision
- Mathieu Duncan
- digital dailies: Citelab/Global Vision
- Nicolas Gauthier
- digital opticals and titles: Citelab/Global Vision
- Martin Girard
- digital intermediate technician: Citelab/Global Vision
- Stéfanie Guadagnino
- assistant editor
- Pierre Guérin
- digital internediate engineering supervisor: Citelab/Global Vision
- Marc Lussier
- digital intermediate colorist
- Guillaume Marin-Lafond
- post-production assistant: Studio Ex-centris
- Supriya Naidu-James
- first assistant editor
- Martine Rousseau
- digital intermediate technician: Citelab/Global Vision
- Julien Tremblay
- digital intermediate technician
Other
- Giovanni Angeletti
- driver: Italy
- Stefano Antonelli
- driver: Mr. Pitt, Italy
- Hiroshi Aoki
- driver: Japan
- Roberto Bevini
- driver: Italy
- Gianluca Cardillo
- driver: Mr.Girard, Italy
- Stefano Ciammetti
- driver: Italy
- Mario De Biase
- driver: Italy
- Claudio De Simone
- driver: Italy
- Valter Di Francesco
- driver: second unit, Italy
- Marco Ganino
- driver: Mr. Molina, Italy
- Nando Ginnanneschi
- driver: Italy
- Pietro Giordani
- driver: Ms. Knightley, Italy
- Fabio Giovannangelo
- driver: Italy
- Michael Golovinov
- driver: second unit, Russia
- Aniello Guarniera
- driver: Italy
- Akio Hakamada
- driver: Japan
- Tsuyoshi Hashikawa
- driver: Japan
- Katsuyuki Hashimoto
- driver: Japan
- Franco Iannone
- driver: Italy
- Motoki Ichikura
- driver: second unit, Japan
- Katsuaki Inoue
- driver: Japan
- Yuuki Iwai
- driver: Japan
- Kazuo Kamijyo
- driver: Japan
- Joetaro Kitamura
- driver: Mr. Pitt, Japan
- Taksuki Kojima
- driver: Japan
- Masaki Komatsu
- driver: Japan
- Shinichi Komita
- driver: Japan
- Fabrizio Leone
- driver: Italy
- Gianni Luciani
- driver: Italy
- Fabio Mancini
- transportation coordinator: Italy
- Fabrizio Mancini
- driver: Italy
- Angelo Marchesani
- driver: Italy
- Toshihiro Minamisawa
- driver: Japan
- Nobuyasu Mochizuki
- driver: Japan
- Shinzou Mochizuki
- driver: Japan
- Giovanni Moltoni
- driver: Italy
- Ivano Moltoni
- driver: Italy
- Fabrizio Mosca
- driver: second unit, Italy
- Tsukasa Motoya
- driver: Japan
- Jun Murayama
- driver: Japan
- Tomio Nakajima
- driver: Japan
- Jun Nakamura
- animal transportation: Japan
- Toshio Nozawa
- driver: Japan
- Koji Oana
- driver: Japan
- Yutaka Okano
- driver: Japan
- Massimo Orlandi
- transportation captain: Italy
- Eugenio Petouchoff
- driver: second unit, Italy
- Federico Pitotti
- driver: Italy
- Tonino Quaranta
- driver: Italy
- Massimo Rana
- driver: Italy
- Stefano Rosati
- driver: Italy
- Andrea Sassaroli
- driver: Italy
- Kôichi Satô
- driver: Japan
- Angelo Scalia
- driver: catering, Italy
- Shinji Sekiya
- driver: Japan
- Angelo Sereni
- driver: Italy
- Masamitu Tabata
- driver: second unit, Japan
- Takahiro Taketomi
- driver: second unit, Japan
- Anatoliy Tyushkevich
- driver: second unit, Russia
- Takeshi Uehara
- driver: Japan
- Kiyoshi Utsuki
- driver: Japan
- Hisahiro Washizawa
- driver: Japan
- Iwao Yamazaki
- driver: Japan
- Masataka Yoshida
- driver: Japan
Music Department
- Fernando Aponte
- music recording engineer / scoring mixer
- Joshua Bell
- musician: violin
- Romulo Benavides
- musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain
- Steven Danenberg
- music preparation / music supervisor
- Honjoh Fukuhide
- musician: singer
- David Gotay
- musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain
- Hidetarô Honjô
- music advisor: Japan / musician: shamisen
- Carlos Núñez
- musician: whistle and iwabue soloist
- Alex Pauk
- conductor
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- musician: piano / orchestrator / scoring mixer
- Eddie Venegas
- musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain
- Orlando Wells
- musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain
Casting Department
- John Buchan
- casting: Canada
- Maurizio Cusano
- crowd marshall
- Amelia Hashemi
- casting assistant
- Jason Knight
- casting associate
- Beatrice Kruger
- casting: Italy
- Mai Sugiyama
- casting assistant: Japan
- Toshiie Tomida
- casting: Japan
Costume Department
- Luigi Di Cristo
- wardrobe master: extras, Italy
- Giuliana Esposito
- seamstress: Italy
- Serena Fiumi
- costume supervisor: Italy
- Gastone Grassi
- cutter: Italy
- Giampiero Grassi
- cutter: men, Italy
- Rebecca Higginson
- costumer: Ms. Knightley, Italy
- Monica Iacuzzo
- costume workshop coordinator: Italy
- Mayu Ishihara
- costumer: Japan
- Misako Kajimoto
- costumer: Japan
- Giovanni Lipari
- key costumer
- Elsa Malandra
- cutter: Italy
- Adriana Mattiozzi
- cutter: women, Italy
- Elena Mayevskaya
- costumer: second unit, Russia
- Luciano Parisi
- costume department runner: Italy
- Enzo Serafino Pellegrino
- dyer: Italy / stand-by costumer: second unit, Italy
- Salvatore Salzano
- assistant costume designer: Italy
- Masaru Sekiguchi
- costumer: Japan / wardrobe: second unit, Japan
Camera Department
- Simone Barbona
- grip
- Piero Bosi
- grip: Italy
- Alessandro Cardelli
- rigging electrician: Italy
- Daniel Chrétien
- gaffer
- Fabio Ciotto
- clapper/loader: Italy
- Fabrizio Coppo
- electrician: Italy
- Tonino D'Arienzo
- electrician: Italy
- Jean-Maurice de Ernsted
- key grip
- Claudio Del Gobbo
- key grip: Italy
- Massimiliano Dessena
- grip: Italy
- Stefano Di Pasquali
- grip: Italy
- Maurizio di Stefano
- electrician / rigging gaffer: Italy
- Paolo Di Stefano
- rigging electrician: Italy
- Amelie Duceppe
- second assistant camera
- Sylvaine Dufaux
- camera operator: "a" camera
- Yuka Eto
- film loader: "a" camera, Japan
- Mauro Faina
- grip
- Sergio Faina
- rigging key grip: Italy
- Doriano Forti
- rigging grip: Italy
- Jacques Yves Gucia
- still photographer
- Takumi Hirai
- electrician: Japan
- Shigeru Hirayama
- key grip: Japan
- Kenji Ichikawa
- grip assistant: Japan
- Masao Imai
- grip assistant: Japan
- Ryo Ishida
- second assistant camera: second unit, Japan
- Yasuhiro Ishiguro
- electrician: Japan
- Tsuyoshi Kage
- electrician: Japan
- Michiaki Kamochi
- electrician: Japan
- Shingo Kasa
- grip assistant: Japan
- Takuro Kase
- electrician: Japan
- Taro Kawauchi
- electrician: Japan
- Martin Lebel
- first assistant camera: second unit
- Antonio Leurini
- electrician: Italy
- Emanuele Leurini
- second assistant camera: second unit, Italy
- Emiliano Leurini
- first assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy
- Paolo Leurini
- gaffer: Italy
- Yasushi Masuda
- electrician: Japan
- Manabu Matsumiya
- additional first assistant camera: Japan
- Norito Matsumoto
- electrician: Japan
- Tommaso Mele
- key grip: Italy
- Taku Mitamura
- electrician: Japan
- Yasushi Miyata
- first assistant camera: "b" camera, Japan / first assistant camera: second unit, Japan / second assistant camera: second unit, Russia
- Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
- director of photography: second unit
- Norihero Mori
- electrician: Japan
- Masanari Okada
- grip assistant: Japan
- Lorenzo Peyrone
- grip
- Giorgio Pezzotti
- grip: Italy
- Dany Racine
- first assistant camera: "a" camera
- Cristiano Rossi
- video assist operator: Italy
- Daisuke Saito
- grip assistant: Japan
- Hiroyuki Takahashi
- video assist operator: Japan
- Kouichi Tatebe
- electrician: Japan
- Jitsu Toyoda
- second assistant camera: "b" camera, Japan / second second assistant camera: second unit, Japan
- Diego Vallini
- second assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy
- Yuji Wada
- gaffer: Japan
- Akira Watanabe
- electrician: Japan
- Massimiliano Zenga
- second assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy
- Daniele Caiuli
- electrician
Location Management
- Elena Cavallo
- location contact: Piemonte, Italy
- Basem El Bagoury
- location manager: second unit, Egypt
- Daisuke Fukugawa
- location production assistant: second unit, Japan
- Alexey Golovinov
- location manager: second unit, Russia
- Gianni A. Graziol
- location manager: Italy
- Youki Hoshino
- location manager: Japan
- Hiroshi Iwaya
- location manager: Japan
- Masayuki Kaibara
- location and budget advisor: Japan
- Enrico Latella
- location scouting
- Filippo Lovatelli
- location contact: Campo Imperatore, Italy
- Takashi Mimatsu
- location manager: Japan
- Masao Nagai
- location and budget advisor: Japan
- Walter Poli
- location contact: Sermoneta, Italy
- Miyuki Tanaka
- location manager: Japan
Script Department
- Winnifred Jong
- script supervisor
- Serge Lamothe
- script consultant
- Melissa Scowcroft
- script consultant
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