Barren Illusion (1999)
In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Shinji Takeda as Haru |
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Miako Tadano as Michi |
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Hosaku Yasui as Satake |
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Masamichi Matsumoto as Murai |
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Kazushige Inami as Kenji |
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Akiko Ohku as Akiko |
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Shinji Aoyama as Fascist |
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Naoki Yamamoto as Post Office Delivery Clerk |
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Tarō Suwa as Drunk Man on Bicycle / Man Being Attacked |
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Shirô Atami as |
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Shingo Ichizawa as |
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Yûichirô Izumi as |
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Takeshi Ishizumi as |
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Shunpei Kawaguchi as |
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Taeko Kobayashi as |
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Reiko Kondo as |
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Yae Konishi as |
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Shogo Motomiya as |
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Yôko Muranushi as |
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Miki Nakata as |
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Yoko Oguchi as |
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Akiko Ôku as |
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Akiko Okuda as |
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Atsuko Sano as |
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Atsushi Shibano as |
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Kenichi Shimizu as |
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Dai Soma as |
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Akihiro Suzuki as |
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Jirô Taniguchi as |
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Takashi Urai as |
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Hiroyuki Yamaguchi as |
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Akira Yoshino as |
| Directing | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takeshi Furusawa | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hiroko Matsuda | Producer |
| Production | Kenzo Horikoshi | Producer |
| Art | Chie Matsumoto | Production Design |
| Editing | Masahiro Onaga | Editor |
| Sound | Dai Soma | Music |
| Lighting | Takahide Shibanushi | Gaffer |
| Sound | Nobuyuki Kikuchi | Sound |
| Camera | Takahide Shibanushi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Masayuki Igarashi | Art Direction |
| Art | Masahiro Kimura | Art Direction |
| Art | Watermelon | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Satoru Mizutani | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûichi Matsui | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Kazushige Inami | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yôichi Minamikawa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maru Suzuki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Junichi Takagi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shinji Tanikawa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Masato Yamashita | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Miki Nakata | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Atsuko Sano | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Shinichi Yoshii | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Fumihiro Inoue | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tokiko Kadowaki | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Takahiro Kida | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yôsuke Kogure | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Takehiro Saitô | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Hiroshi Tamada | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kaoru Tazuki | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yoshi Watabe | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Nobushige Wakabayashi | Title Designer |
| Sound | Dai Soma | Original Music Composer |