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Directed By
Shôhei Imamura
Written By
Shôhei Imamura
Writer
Daisuke Tengan
Motofumi Tomikawa
Akira Yoshimura
novel "Glimmering in the Dark/Yami ni hirameku"
Cast
Kôji Yakusho
Takuro Yamashita
Misa Shimizu
Keiko Hattori
Mitsuko Baishô
Misako Nakajima
Akira Emoto
Tamotsu Takasaki
Fujio Tokita
Jiro Nakajima
Shô Aikawa
Yuji Nozawa
Ken Kobayashi
Masaki Saito
Sabu Kawahara
Seitaro Misato
Etsuko Ichihara
Fumie Hattori
Tomorô Taguchi
Eiji Dojima
Chiho Terada
Emiko Yamashita
Shinshô Nakamaru
Sei Hiraizumi
Seiji Kurasaki
Toshirô Ishidô
Sanshô Shinsui
Doctor
Kôichi Ueda
Keiji - A detective
Ken Mitsuishi
Detective
Hiroyuki Konishi
Medical Examiner
Shôichi Ozawa
Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor
Masayuki Akinaga
Kyôhei Hayakawa
Kyoji Kamui
Ken Kitamura
Saburô Masamura
Miyuki Miura
Hiroko Miyazaki
Sayuri Niida
Masahiro Noguchi
Naoya Nosaka
Takashi Odajima
Takaya Ogawa
Yasuharu Ookubo
Toshishige Oomori
Kentarô Sakai
Teresa Saponangelo
Kazuya Sasaki
Makoto Satô
Jukichi Takada
Kazuyuki Senba
Rumi Shiina
Miho Shimizu
Manzô Shinra
Fumio Tokita
Nakajima - The bonze
Ziko Uchiyama
Ryô Yamamoto
Yoshihiro Zaitsu
Produced By
Hisashi Iino
producer
Yasushi Matsuda
line producer
Yoshihisa Nakagawa
planner
Yukio Nihira
producer
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
executive producer
Music
Shinichirô Ikebe
Cinematography
Shigeru Komatsubara
Sound
Kenichi Benitani
sound
Hiroo Hoshino
sound recordist
Koshiro Jinbo
re-recording mixer
Masaya Kitada
sound effects editor
Masatoshi Saitô
sound effects editor
Editing
Hajime Okayasu
Production Design
Hisao Inagaki
Set Design
Toshiharu Aida
Yoshio Yamada
Makeup
Shigeko Ikawa
make up artist/hair stylist
Yûichi Matsui
special makeup effects artist
Visual Effects
Misako Saka
digital compositing
Kazusuke Takasu
digital compositing
Assistant Director
Fumio Inoue
first assistant director
Hiroharu Kobayashi
assistant director
Suguru Kubota
assistant director
Masahide Kuwabara
assistant director
Art Department
Toshiharu Aida
props
Namiko Iwasaka
set designer
Kuniyasu Ohfuji
props
Shinjirô Suzuki
set designer
Sakae Takahashi
set designer
Tetsuya Uchida
assistant production designer
Editorial
Hideaki Matsui
assistant editor
Yoshitaka Miyake
assistant editor
Other
Yôkôzô Akamatsu
titles
Yoshimasa Higashi
production assistant
Masumi Ishii
staff
Nobuyuki Kajikawa
production coordinator
Akira Narisawa
planning
Naoko Okada
production assistant
Makoto Oono
staff
Kôsuke Oshida
making-of
Joyce Pierpoline
publicist
Kazuo Suzaki
planning
Chiaki Tachikawa
staff
Music Department
Eiji Hirokawa
musician
Atsushi Sugiyama
arranger
Costume Department
Kazuo Matsuda
wardrobe supervisor
Camera Department
Shinji Henboki
assistant camera
Yutoshi Inoue
assistant camera
Yasuo Iwaki
lighting technician
Akio Kimura
electrician
Hideo Mori
assistant camera
Kazutoshi Sasada
still photographer
Teruhisa Seki
electrician
Hideki Takano
electrician
Kaname Yoneda
assistant camera
Script Department
Hideko Nakata
script supervisor
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