Credits
Cast

Keanu Reeves
Self - Narrator (voice)

Kyōko Kagawa
Self - Actress

Yōko Tsukasa
Self - Actress

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Self - Actor

Takeshi Katō
Self - Actor

Kaoru Yachigusa
Self - Actress

Yōsuke Natsuki
Self - Actor

Terumi Niki
Self - Actress

Steven Spielberg
Self - Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese
Self - Filmmaker

Shirō Mifune
Self - Mifune's Eldest Son
Hisao Kurosawa
Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son

Teruyo Nogami
Self - Script Supervisor
Tadao Sato
Self - Film Historian

Sadao Nakajima
Self - Filmmaker

Haruo Nakajima
Self - Actor

Kanzō Uni
Self - Sword Fighting Choreographer
Wataru Akashi
Self - Publicist

Koji Yakusho
Self - Actor

Toshirō Mifune
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
Camera
Guy Mossman
Director of Photography
Eric Lin
Director of Photography
Tohru Hina
Director of Photography
Yasuyuki Ishikawa
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Ayano Iwane
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Mitsumasa Sawada
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Akiko Tsushima
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Directing

Steven Okazaki
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Editing
Brandon Rein
Archival Footage Research
Lighting
Katsuhiro Hidachi
Gaffer
Production

Rikiya Mifune
Consulting Producer
Nobuyuki Tohya
Executive Producer
Takeshi Hoshino
Executive Producer
Isao Kawauchi
Executive Producer
Greg Knowles
Post Production Coordinator, Assistant Editor
Yukie Kito
Producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Producer
Tōichirō Shiraishi
Producer
Tarō Gotō
Producer
Kensuke Zushi
Producer
Allison Nakamura
Researcher
Mark Gorney
Researcher
Sound
Jeffrey Wood
Original Music Composer
Tsuyoshi Abo
Sound
Daniel Olmsted
Sound Mixer, Sound Editor
Kyle Porter
Sound Recordist
Writing
Michiko Matsuda
Book
Stuart Galbraith IV
Writer