Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.
Cast
Akira Terao
I
Mitsuko Baisho
Mother of 'I'
Toshie Negishi
Mother carrying child
Mieko Harada
The Snow Fairy
Mitsunori Isaki
Young I
Toshihiko Nakano
Child I
Yoshitaka Zushi
Pvt. Noguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Nuclear Plant Worker
Chosuke Ikariya
Crying Demon
Chishū Ryū
Old Man
Martin Scorsese
Vincent Van Gogh
Masayuki Yui
Member of Climbing Team
Tetsuo Yamashita
Second Lieutenant
Misato Tate
Peach Trees' Fairy
Catherine Cadou
Woman in the Fields
Mieko Suzuki
'I's Sister
Ryûjirô Oki
Unknown
Masaaki Sasaki
Unknown
Motohiro Toriki
Unknown
Shû Nakajima
Member of Climbing Team
Masuo Amada
Unknown
Sakae Kimura
Member of Climbing Team
Meikyo Yamada
Unknown
Tetsu Watanabe
Unknown
Tetsuya Ito
Unknown
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Unknown
Toshiya Ito
Unknown
Takashi Itô
Unknown
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Unknown
Haruka Sugata
Unknown
Noriko Hayami
Unknown
Yûko Ishiwa
Unknown
Sachiko Oguri
Unknown
Fujio Tokita
Unknown
Michio Hino
Unknown
Michio Kida
Unknown
Noriko Honma
Unknown
Haruko Tōgō
Unknown
Reiko Nanao
Unknown
Shin Tonomura
Unknown
Junpei Natsuki
Unknown
Shigeo Katō
Unknown
Saburô Kadowaki
Unknown
Goichi Nagatani
Unknown
Shizuko Azuma
Unknown
Yoshie Kihira
Unknown
Yukie Shimura
Unknown
Setsuko Kawaguchi
Unknown
Kumeko Otowa
Unknown
Masahiko Sakata
Unknown
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
Tome Minami
Editor, Negative Cutter
Yōsuke Yafune
Assistant Editor
Hideto Aga
Assistant Editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo
Assistant Editor
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Takashi Koizumi
First Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director
Kiyoharu Hayano
Assistant Director
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Izuhiko Suehiro
Production Coordinator
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Mike Y. Inoue
Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Allen H. Liebert
Associate Producer
Seikichi Iizumi
Associate Producer
Shushin Hosoya
Production Assistant
Satoshi Shimozawa
Production Assistant
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Production Assistant
Akira Sakuragi
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Yoshinori Sekiguchi
Assistant Camera
Toshirô Watanabe
Assistant Camera
Hidehiro Igarashi
Assistant Camera
Hiroyuki Kitazawa
Assistant Camera
Hiroshi Ishida
Assistant Camera
Kazushi Watanabe
Assistant Camera
Kosuke Matsushima
Assistant Camera
Mitsu Kondo
Assistant Camera
Hiroshi Hattori
Assistant Camera
Terry Chostner
Visual Effects Camera
Selwyn Eddy
Visual Effects Camera
Randy Jonsson
Visual Effects Camera
John Gazdik
Visual Effects Camera
Robert Hill
Visual Effects Camera
Yasunori Suzuki
Casting Assistant
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Kazuko Kurosawa
Wardrobe Designer
Akira Fukuda
Wardrobe Designer
Yoko Nagano
Wardrobe Designer
Mitsuru Otsuka
Wardrobe Designer
Michael Meier
Pyrotechnician
Yamada Katsura
Hairstylist
Sakai Nakao
Hairdresser, Makeup Artist
Yumiko Fujii
Hairdresser
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Kyōko Heya
Art Department Assistant
Noriyuki Kondo
Art Department Assistant
Yasuyoshi Ototake
Art Department Assistant
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor
Sôichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Masahito Yano
Sound Assistant
Noriaki Minami
Sound Assistant
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Takeji Sano
Chief Lighting Technician
Yukio Choya
Lighting Technician
Tadatoshi Kitagawa
Lighting Technician
Makoto Sano
Lighting Technician
Tetsuo Sawada
Lighting Technician
Miyanobu Inori
Lighting Technician
Hisanori Furukawa
Lighting Technician
Isao Iioka
Lighting Technician
Hideho Iioka
Lighting Technician
Hiromasa Yonahara
Lighting Technician
Ken Ralston
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Sullivan
Visual Effects Supervisor
Minoru Nakano
Visual Effects Supervisor
Peter Takeuchi
Visual Effects Producer
Jil-Sheree Bergin
Visual Effects Coordinator
Claudia Mullaly
Visual Effects Art Director
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Music
Shuji Matsumoto
Production Accountant
Hiroko Idetsu
Production Accountant
Kenzo Masuda
Rigging Gaffer
Yukio Tanaka
Rigging Gaffer
Yusei Uesugi
Matte Painter
Caroleen Green
Matte Painter
Taksuhiro Miyaguchi
Matte Painter
Kôichi Hamamura
Set Decoration
Satoshi Ota
Props
Yuzuru Sakai
Props
Mami Ishida
Props
Yoshiaki Kawai
Props
Daizaburo Harada
Still Photographer
Daisaburo Harada
Still Photographer
Akio Suzuki
Compositing Artist
Mikio Inoue
Compositing Artist
Mutsuhiro Harada
Compositing Artist
Yoshiya Takahashi
Compositing Artist
Ishirō Honda
Creative Consultant
Barbara Affonso
Modelling Supervisor
Bruce Vecchitto
Effects Supervisor
David Murphy
Electrician
Takashi Takei
Driver
Kimihiko Tsurugaya
Driver
Toru Ikegaki
Driver
Keisuke Utsumi
Driver
Yasuhisa Serizawa
Driver
Masahara Komatsuki
Driver
Magosaka Osada
Location Manager
Shizuo Osada
Location Manager
Tadao Kanzeki
Location Production Assistant
Michiyo Hata
Choreographer
Tokiko Mochizuki
Choreographer
Noriko Meharu
Negative Cutter
Isamu Miwano
Grip
Satoshi Tsuyuki
Grip
Sadamu Takahara
Grip
Yuichi Horita
Grip
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Brian Gernand
Modeling
Eben Stromquist
Modeling
Randy Ottenberg
Modeling
Wesley Seeds
Modeling
Marghi McMahon
Modeling
Takeaki Tsukada
Title Designer
Kunio Niwa
Unit Manager
Masahiko Kumada
Unit Manager
Katsuhiro Yamada
Wig Designer
Yasuhiko Higashi
Publicist
Barbara Brennan
Rotoscoping Artist
Kazutami Hara
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