Silk (2007)


Silk
Release Date11 September 2007
Budget$20,000,000
US Box Office$1,000,000
TaglineLove knows no borders
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryCanada
France
Italy
UK
Japan
Filming LocationsBaba House Museum, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
LanguageEnglish, Japanese, Latin
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Drama, Period Film
ThemesForbidden Love
TonesAtmospheric, Stirring, Bittersweet, Passionate
TagsForbidden Love, Japan, Merchant, Silk

Silk is the film adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's novel of the same name. It was released in September 2007 through New Line Cinema and directed by the Red Violin director, François Girard.


Cast and Crew


Cast

The Girl

Hervé Joncour

Tony Vogel
Café Verdun Man #1

Mayor Joncour

Mme. Joncour

Baldabiou

Michael Golding
Clerk

Carlo Cecchi
Priest

Chiara Stampone
Béatrice Berbek

Marc Fiorini
M. Chabert

Alexander Brooks
M. Loiseau

Toru Tezuka
Japanese Guide

Hiroya Morita
Japanese Elder #1

Akinori Ando
Ronin

Jun Kunimura
Umon

Kanata Hongô
Japanese Boy

Hara Jubei

Dimitri Carella
2-Year-Old Ludovic

Dominick Carella
2-Year-Old Ludovic

Japanese Girl

Honjo Hidetaro
Shamisen Player

Nana Nagao
Geisha #1

Saki Aoi
Geisha #2

Hiroshi Ohguchi
Japanese Elder #2

Michio Akahane
Japanese Elder #3

Yuya Takagawa
Japanese Trader #1

Tarô Suwa
Japanese Trader #2

Brothel Hostess

Madame Blanche

Max Malatesta
Customs Officer

Joel Adams
4-Year-Old Ludovic

Luca De Bei
Café Verdun Man #2

Ed Licht
Diplomat

Ambassador

Nicola Tovaglione
10-Year-Old Ludovic

Francesco Carnelutti
Doctor

Ludovic Berbek

Maddalena Maggi
Brothel Hostess #2

Makoto Inamiya
Japanese Trader, Elder

Makoto Matsubara
Elder, Japanese Trader

Yuki Kawanishi
Elder, Japanese Trader

Hidenori Shimizu
Elder, Japanese Trader

Hiroki Takano
Japanese Trader, Elder

Director

François Girard
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Producer

Michael Golding
screenplay

Jonathan Debin
executive producer

producer

Cam Galano
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

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

Tom Yoda
executive producer

Alessandro Baricco
executive producer, novel

François Girard
executive producer, screenplay

Original Music

Cinematographer

Alain Dostie

Editor

Pia Di Ciaula
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Casting Director

Susie Figgis
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Production Designer

François Séguin
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Costume Designer

Kazuko Kurosawa
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Carlo Poggioli
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Makeup Department

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

Tsutomu Sugawara
hair stylist: Japan

Mariko Tanaka
makeup artist: Japan

Hayato Toyama
hair stylist: Japan

Azusa Yamaguchi
assistant makeup artist: Japan

Production Manager

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

George 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

Gianluca Leurini
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or 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

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

Roberto Fè
art department laborer: Italy

Stefania Ferro
greensman: Italy

Marco Ficorella
swing gang: Italy

Fioravanti
greensman: Italy

Emita Frigato
production designer: 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

Sound Department

Claude Beaugrand
sound

Daniel Bisson
foley recording engineer, adr recording engineer

Gregory Bolduc
re-recording assistant engineer

David Boulton
adr recording engineer

Olivier Calvert
sound

Jérôme Décarie
foley artist

Jean-Charles Desjardins
adr recording engineer

Natalie Fleurant
supervising adr editor

Nicolas Gagnon
assistant to foley artist

Bernard Gariépy Strobl
sound

Hideaki Ishii
adr recording engineer

Claude La Haye
sound

Hans Laitres
re-recording assistant engineer

Francis Péloquin
boom operator

Kim Picard
sound studio coordinator

Francine Poirier
dialogue editor

Vincent Riendeau
re-recording assistant engineer

Alessandro Savino
sound assistant: Italy

Steve F.B. Smith
sound consultant: Dolby

Hans Peter Strobl
sound

Rin Takada
sound assistant: Japan

Johannie Gervais
assistant sound editor

Peter Gleaves
adr mixer

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

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

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

Camera and Electrical 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
rigging gaffer: Italy

Paolo Di Stefano
rigging electrician: Italy

Amelie Duceppe
second assistant camera

Sylvaine Dufaux
camera operator

Yuka Eto
film loader: "a" camera, Japan

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

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: second unit, Japan, second assistant camera: second unit, Russia, first assistant camera: "b" camera, Japan

Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
director of photography: second unit

Norihero Mori
electrician: Japan

Masanari Okada
grip assistant: Japan

Giorgio Pezzotti
grip: Italy

Dany Racine
first assistant camera

video assist operator: Italy

Daisuke Saito
grip assistant: Japan

Hiroyuki Takahashi
video assist operator: Japan

Kouichi Tatebe
electrician: Japan

Jitsu Toyoda
second second assistant camera: second unit, Japan, second assistant camera: "b" camera, 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

Emiliano Leurini
assistant camera, first assistant camera: "b" camera, Italy

Casting Department

John Buchan
casting: Canada

Jason Knight
casting associate

Jason Knight
additional casting: Canada

Béatrice Kruger
casting: Italy

Mai Sugiyama
casting assistant: Japan

Toshiie Tomida
casting: Japan

Costume and Wardrobe 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
stand-by costumer: second unit, Italy, dyer: Italy

Salvatore Salzano
assistant costume designer: Italy

Masaru Sekiguchi
costumer: Japan, wardrobe: second unit, Japan

Editorial Department

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

Pierre Guérin
digital internediate engineering supervisor: Citelab/Global Vision

Marc Lussier
color timer: Citelab/Global Vision

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

Music Department

Fernando Aponte
music recording engineer, scoring mixer

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

Honjo Hidetaro
music advisor: Japan, musician: shamisen

Carlos Núñez
musician: whistle and iwabue soloist

Alex Pauk
conductor

orchestrator, musician: piano, scoring mixer

Eddie Venegas
musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain

Orlando Wells
musician: string quartet, Sweet Plantain

Transportation Department

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

Koichi Sato
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

Other Crew

Mohamed Abdel Wahab
production assistant: second unit, Egypt

Hitoshi Abe
set production assistant: Japan

Nikolay Agdonov
horse master: second unit, Russia

Damian Anderson
production coordinator: second unit

Mostaga Azmy
runner: second unit, Egypt

Chaimaa Badawy
production coordinator: second unit, Egypt

Evan Balmer
manager: Mr. Sakamoto

Simona Batistelli
production coordinator: Italy

Chris Bell
business affairs coordinator: Rhombus Media

Claudio Bellincampi
set production assistant: Italy

Nikita Bencharov
owner: Khujar Village, second unit, Russia

Shaker Beshir
runner: second unit, Egypt

Sandie Bornstein
accountant: Rhombus Media

Giuseppe Cancellara
blacksmith: Italy

Tatiana Caratelli
assistant cashier: Italy

Francesco Carone
horse groomer: second unit, Italy

Vittorio Carta
labor consultant: Italy

Elena Cavallo
location contact: Piemonte, Italy

Valentin Chikov
provider: sleigh, second unit, Russia

Simona Chiocca
researcher: second unit, Italy

Marco Cimitan
stand-in: Italy

Nino Cirulli
minors coordinator: Italy

Gabriele Colecchia
production assistant: Italy

Blake Crawford
double: Hervé, second unit, Japan

Fabrizio De Angelis
key chef: Italy

Shinobu Deguchi
animal trainer: Japan, bird trainer: Japan

Manolo DeLeonibus
second chef assistant: Italy

Flavio De Simone
cashier: Italy

Derek Di Biagio
assistant: Keira Knightley

Denis Dulude
title designer

Basem El Bagoury
location manager: second unit, Egypt

Hinshu Elizosha
electronic press kit crew: Japan

Sadami Fan
production assistant: bilifgual, Japan

Barbara Ferrara
first chef assistant: Italy

Sonia Ferri
assistant: Mr. Procacci, Fandango

Christian Fluet
production accountant

Bryan Friedman
business affairs coordinator: Rhombus Media

Tetsu Fujimura
financial advisor: Filopophia Entertainment Alliance

Koji Fujino
project advisor: T.Y. Limited

Naomi Fujino
production assistant: second unit, Japan

Daisuke Fukugawa
location production assistant: second unit, Japan

Katsumi Furuhashi
production accountant: Japan

Mayumi Furukawa
production intern: Japan

Paul Gagnon
client services: Citelab/Global Vision

Joseph Geminale
contact: Courmayeur/Tiglieto, second unit, Italy

Marco Giacometti
production secretary: Italy

Alexey Golovinov
location manager: second unit, Russia

Gianni A. Graziol
location manager: Italy

Kodai Hanayama
production assistant: Japan

Michiyo Hata
manner coach: Japan

Yoshiko Hondo
caterer: Japan

Youki Hoshino
location manager: Japan

Joe Ikeda
business coordinator: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Akiko Inoue
business affairs: T.Y. Limited

Noriko Ishida
production intern: Japan

Junya Ito
stand-in: Japan

Yasuyuki Iwanami
business coordinator: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Hiroshi Iwaya
location manager: Japan

Winnifred Jong
script supervisor

Masayuki Kaibara
location and budget advisor: Japan

Yoshiaki Kamonji
production assistant: Japan

Peter Kaser
contact: Cortina, second unit, Italy

Ivana Kastratovic
production coordinator: Italy

Shinichi Kato
set production assistant: Japan

Hideyuki Kawamura
assistant horse coordinator: Japan

Takao Kawashima
set production assistant: Japan

Noriko Kobayashi
translator: Japan

Megumi Kubota
publicist: Japanese Media, Japan

Serge Lamothe
script consultant

Marco Landolfi
cashier: Italy

Yan Lanquette Turgeon
assistant: Mr. Girard

Elisa Larcher Della Spalliera
stand-in: Italy

Cristina Leurini
catering manager: Italy

Monica Leurini
chief caterer: Italy

Filippo Lovatelli
location contact: Campo Imperatore, Italy

Takahiro Maeyama
financial advisor: Japan

Nathalie Martishevskaya
translator: second unit, Russia

Mariko Maruyama
production intern: Japan

Samuel Masi
production assistant: assistant director, Italy

Satoko Matsui
assistant production accountant: Japan

Hiroyuki Matsunaga
project co-advisor: T.Y. Limited

Marco Mattei
production accountant: Italy, production accountant

Soela Melaranci
production secretary: Italy

Tomoko Mikuni
cast liaison: Japan

Darlene Milley
insurance services: AOL/Ruben-Winkler

Takashi Mimatsu
location manager: Japan

Shigeyuki Mito
legal advisor: Japan

Wakako Miyakuni
production coordinator: Japan

Kiyomi Miyata
food coordinator: Japan

Vito Morea
crowd marshall: Italy

Izumi Murano
nutrition advisor: Ms. Ashina, Japan

Takanori Muto
set production assistant: Japan

Masao Nagai
location and budget advisor: Japan

Yukiko Nakajima
translator: Japan

Katsuo Naruse
dialogue supervisor: Japan

Mahmoud Nasr
runner: second unit, Egypt

Chantal Neveu
secretary: Mr. Girard

Nozomi
assistant: Mr. Debin, Japan

Shinji Ogawa
creative advisor: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Izumi Ohtomi
assistant: Mr. Girard, Japan

Takashi Otsuki
stand-in: Japan

Jackie Page
publicist: Italy

Alessandro Pantano
production assistant: second unit

Laura Paolucci
head of development: Fandango

Giorgia Passarelli
assistant production coordinator: Italy

Alexy Petrov
translator: second unit, Russia

Sebastiano Pino
horse groomer: second unit, Italy

Walter Poli
location contact: Sermoneta, Italy

Guendalina Ponti
production attorney

Hugh Probyn
assistant: Mr. Fichman, Rhombus Media

Patrizia Punzo
nurse: Italy

Angelo Ragusa
horse master: Itraly

Gabriele Ragusa
animal wrangler: second unit, Italy

Gianluca Rosetta
craft service assistant: Italy

Jim Russell
legal services

Takao Sakamoto
set production assistant: Japan

Steven Saltzman
legal services

Masayuki Sano
business coordinator: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Angelo Scalia
kitchen technician: Italy

Melissa Scowcroft
researcher, script consultant

Toshiki Shinbo
set production assistant: Japan

Hazem Shoeib
production assistant: second unit, Egypt

Michael Singer
publicist: Japan

Norika Sky-Sora
manager: Mr. Sakamoto

Daniela Staffa
publicist: Fandango

Dominic Stubbs
accountant: Rhombus Media

Mon Takada
production assistant: second uniut, Russia

Midori Takei
stand-in: Japan

Kazunari Takeuchi
catering coordinator: Japan

Shinji Takeuchi
project co-advisor: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Antonia Tammaro
payroll: Italy

Mitsunori Tanaka
horse coordinator: Japan

Miyuki Tanaka
location manager: Japan

Toru Tanaka
production intern: Japan

Hironori Terashima
business coordinator: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Masao Teshima
project advisor: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Massimo Trapani
craft service assistant: Italy

Kaz Tsujio
piano tuner: Mr. Sakamoto

Masako Tsukahara
unit publicist: Japan

Haruka Tsutsui
production assistant: bilingual, Japan

Hiroshi Tsuyuri
publicist: Japanese Media, Japan

Meiraku Ueda
master of sencha-ogawaryu: Japan

Andrew Utech
english coach: Mr. Yakusho and Ms. Nakatani, Japan

Daniel Virgulto
craft service assistant: Italy

Masazumi Watanabe
development advisor: Japan

Rebecca Whitcomb
production assistant: bilingual, Japan

Julia Wilson-Dixon
dialogue coach

Austin Wong
production attorney

Ichiro Yamamoto
production assistant: Japan

Yoshikazu Yamamoto
stand-in: Japan

Takeshi Yokooka
production intern: Japan

Claudio Zampetti
corporate accountant: Fandango

Valentina Ziryanova
translator: second unit, Russia

Nathalie Baldascini
assistant to foreign cast and crew

Raffaella Di Giulio
assistant to executive producer

Joe Iacono
financial auditor

Kevin Krikst
assistant: niv fichman

Thanks

Indira Guha
thanks

Masato Hara
very special thanks

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
very special thanks

Production Company

Rhombus Media
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Fandango
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Bee Vine Pictures
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Asmik Ace Entertainment
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Astral Media
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Canadian Television Fund
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Harold Greenberg Fund, The
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IFFCINV
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Medusa Film
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Movie Central Network
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Movie Network, The (TMN)
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Odeon Films
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Productions Soie
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T.Y.
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Téléfilm Canada
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Vice Versa Film
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Works Media Group, The
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Distributor

ARM Distribution

Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution

Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm

Argentina Video Home

Asmik Ace Entertainment

Bazuca Films

Benelux Film Distribution

Cathay-Keris Films

Distribution Company

Entertainment

FS Film Oy

Fandango

Picturehouse Entertainment
,

Warner Home Video

Special Effects

M.A.G. Special Effects

Studio Ex-centris

Miscellaneous

AONRuben-Winkler Entertainment Insurance
insurance services

Ateliers Claude Beaugrand
sound editing services

Brush
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan

Cinecittà
laboratory

Cinema Investment
funding

Cinesicurtà
insurance services: Italy

Citelab
digital intermediate

CitelabGlobal Vision
laboratory

DVS Communications
avid editing equipment

De Lane Lea
additional adr studio

Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production

E. Rancati
art department supplier: Italy

Executive Service Palazzi
security services: Italy

Film Finances Canada
completion bond

Funtech
insurance services: Japan

Glenn Gould Studio
music recording studio

Global Vision
digital intermediate

Imagica
laboratory

Izumien
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan

Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
funding

KAB Studios
score mixing studio

Kodak
film

Koi Pictures
production services: Japan

Kurosawa Film Studio
lighting equipment

Legacy Recording Studios
music recording studio

Marko Studios
adr: doley and re-recording studio

Nakano Cement Kojo
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan

Ohkura Mokkoph
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan

Panalight
camera equipment

Renato Postiglione
art department supplier: Italy

Rhombus Media
post-production

Sanwa Cine Equipment
camera equipment

Sedic International
location and budget advisor

Shinobu Deguchi Animal Production
animal and bird training

Sound One
additional adr studio

Studio A-509
music recording studio

Surefire Film Productions
developed in association with

Takatsu
art department supplier: Japan

Toho Studios
sound stages, casting

Téléfilm Canada
funding

Yamamoto Construction
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan

Yoshida Art
buildings: Iriyamabe Village, Japan






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