Directed by Takashi Miike Written by Ryû Murakami   Daisuke Tengan   Cast Ryo Ishibashi ... Shigeharu Aoyama Eihi Shiina ... Asami Yamazaki Tetsu Sawaki ... Shigehiko Aoyama Jun Kunimura ... Yasuhisa Yoshikawa Renji Ishibashi ... Old man in wheelchair Miyuki Matsuda ... Ryoko Aoyama Toshie Negishi ... Rie Ren Ôsugi ... Shimada Shigeru Saiki ... Toastmaster Ken Mitsuishi ... Director Yuriko Hirooka ... Michiyo Yanagida Fumiyo Kohinata ... TV station presenter Misato Nakamura ... Misuzu Takagi Yuuto Arima ... Shigehiko as a child Ayaka Izumi ... Asami as a child Nattsu Tanahashi ... Hotel front desk Kimiko Tachibana ... FM announcer Tatsuo Endô ... Doctor Koshio Jindôji ... Nurse Kanji Tsuda ... Bartender Party ... Gangster Takako Katô   Saori Tachibana   Sugimura Yoko ... Auditioning Actress Yayoi Ôtsu   Produced by Satoshi Fukushima   Jun'ichi Shindô   Akemi Suyama   Toyoyuki Yokohama   Original Music by Kôji Endô

Additional Info Premiere: October 06, 1999 DVD Release: June 04, 2002 Blu-ray Release: October 06, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Shout! Factory Websites: Alternate Titles Ôdishon Production Companies Basara Pictures Creators Company Connection Omega Project (as Omega Project Inc.) Distributors American Cinematheque   (2001) (USA) (theatrical) Vitagraph Films   (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Arrow Films   (2018) (USA) (all media) Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Shout! Factory   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) Shudder   (2015) (USA) (video) (streaming) Vivendi Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 7.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.3 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #1,833 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 14 total ratings Almost Perfect 7 total ratings Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 4 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,829 Tiger King: Season 1 (2020) #1,830 Mile 22 (2018) #1,831 65 (2023) #1,832 Wayne's World 2 (1993) #1,833 Audition (1999) #1,834 Annabelle Comes Home (2019) #1,835 The House That Jack Built (2018) #1,836 My Girl (1991) #1,837 Tiger King: Season 2 (2021)