Directed by Takashi Miike Written by Mick Garris   Daisuke Tengan   Shimako Iwai   Cast Billy Drago ... Christopher Shihô Harumi ... Laborer #1 (as Shihou Harumi) Michié ... Komomo (as Michie) Magy ... Laborer #2 Shin'ichi Tokuhara ... Laborer #3 (as Shinichi Tokuhara) Takao Handa ... Yoshi, Laborer #4 Hiroshi Kuze ... Boatman Miyuki Konno ... Dead Woman Yutaka Matsuzaki ... Gate Keeper #1 Hiroshi Fujita ... Gate Keeper #2 Sachiko Matsuura ... Shamisen Player Noriko Eguchi ... Whore #1 Megumu Takada ... Whore #2 Yuno ... Whore #3 Miho Harita ... Whore #4 Yûki Kudô ... Woman Toshie Negishi ... Madam of the House Mame Yamada ... Touter Tokitoshi Shiota ... Elderly Woman Risa Uehara ... Girl with Blue Eyes Kumiko Imai ... Mother Hôka Kinoshita ... Father Miho Ninagawa ... Pregnant Woman Suzuno Nomura ... Girl in Woman's Flashback Seriyu Ichino ... Buddhist Priest (as Seiryu Ichino) Shinichi Tanaka ... Pimp Yasushi Tomobe ... Woman's Customer Shimako Iwai ... Torturer Woman Katsuyuki Shimosugi ... Boy #1 Haruo Fukuhara ... Boy #2 Keita Murase ... Boy #3 Dong Wook Min ... Prison Guard #1 Takumi Matsumoto ... Prison Guard #2 Toyotaka Hanazawa ... (as Hanazawa Toyotaka) Miyuki Komagata   Produced by Keith Addis   Bo Altherr   Rie Arikawa   Morris Berger   Stephen R. Brown   Ben Browning   Andrew Deane   Mick Garris   Adam Goldworm   John W. Hyde   Fumio Inoue   Takeo Kodera   Elizabeth Kushman   Jennie Lew Tugend   Yosuke Nakamura   Danielle Reardon   Lisa Richardson   Tom Rowe   Lauren Weissman   Akira Yamamoto   Original Music by Kôji Endô

Additional Info Premiere: February 25, 2006 DVD Release: September 26, 2006 Blu-ray Release: December 11, 2007 Countries: Distributor: Anchor Bay Websites: Production Companies IDT Entertainment Industry Entertainment Kadokawa Herald Pictures Kadokawa Pictures Nice Guy Productions Reunion Pictures Distributors Kadokawa Herald Pictures   (2006) (Japan) (theatrical) Bravo Television   (2006) (UK) (TV) (original airing) Cinemax   (2007) (Hungary) (TV) Future Film   (2008) (Finland) (DVD) IDT Home Entertainment   (2007) (Australia) (DVD) Kadokawa Entertainment   (2006) (Japan) (DVD) Nelonen   (2008) (Finland) (TV) Paris Filmes   (2006) (Brazil) (DVD) SBP   (2008) (Argentina) (DVD) Vértice Cine   (2007) (Spain) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating 8.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.6 / 10 Female Users 7.2 / 10 Site Ranking #5,035 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 13 total ratings Almost Perfect 5 total ratings Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,031 RWBY: Season 3 (2015) #5,032 RWBY: Season 8 (2020) #5,033 RWBY: Season 7 (2019) #5,034 Poms (2019) #5,035 Imprint (2006) #5,036 SuperFly (2018) #5,037 Dolan's Cadillac (2009) #5,038 Relic Hunter: Season 3 (2001) #5,039 Relic Hunter: Season 1 (1999)