Song of Raiyantsuuri (1994)
An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the war ends, with ultimately tragic results.
Director:
Seiji Arihara
Writers:
Toshiaki Imaizumi, Seiji Arihara.
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Kenyu Horiuchi as Wang Yingren (voice) |
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Yoshino Takamori as Tomoko Kitabatake (voice) |
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Aruno Tahara as Seisaku Kitabatake (voice) |
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Kumiko Takizawa as Shige Kitabatake (voice) |
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Teiji Ōmiya as Zenzo (voice) |
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Hiro Yuuki as Shinichi Kitabatake (voice) |
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Rica Fukami as Miss Toshiko (voice) |
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Dai Sasahara as Hunter (voice) |
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Eiji Itoh as Wada (voice) |
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Sayuri Sadaoka as Tamiko Shibata (voice) |
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Hiroshi Naka as |
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Masaki Aizawa as |
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Naoki Bando as |
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Tetsuya Iwanaga as |
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Yuko Sumitomo as |
| Visual Effects | Takaya Ono | Character Designer |
| Production | Satoshi Itō | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Seiji Arihara | Layout |
| Sound | Kunio Ando | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Yoshino Takamori | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Yoshiaki Seto | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Takaya Ono | Animation Director |
| Editing | Harutoshi Ogata | Editor |
| Sound | Reijirō Koroku | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Isakawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mitsuki Nakamura | Background Designer |
| Writing | Seiji Arihara | Storyboard |
| Directing | Seiji Arihara | Director |
| Writing | Toshiaki Imaizumi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoichi Takashi | Novel |
| Writing | Seiji Arihara | Screenplay |