Glory to the Filmmaker!

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

Drama Comedy

Takeshi Kitano

(Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer)

Tohru Emori

(Higashi Oizumi)

Kayoko Kishimoto

(Kumiko)

Anne Suzuki

(Kimiko)

Keiko Matsuzaka

(Wife)

Yoshino Kimura

(Daughter)

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

(Maid)

Yuki Uchida

(Heroine)

Akira Takarada

(Gentleman in a White Mercedes)

Yumiko Fujita

(Massao's Mother)

Ren Osugi

(Astronomer Yamamoto)

Susumu Terajima

(Young Man)

Shun Sugata

(Hisamatsu)

Tetsu Watanabe

(Noh Mask Man)

Naomasa Musaka

(Karate Instructor)

Takashi Nishina

(Car Owner)

Tamotsu Ishibashi

(Hisamatsu Group Young Head)

Yoshiyuki Morishita

(Barkeeper)

Kakeru Yoshida

(Foreign Boy living in Japan)

Kenichi Abe

(Police Officer)

Wakaba Irie

(Madam at the Bar)

Hajime Tanimoto

(Chief Elder)

Toshimasa Niiro

(Retainer)

Kazuya Nakajima

(Child)

Yūko Fukui

(Old Lady)

Moro Morooka

(Thug)

Yoshiki Arizono

(Man Who Picked Up the Car)

Rakkyo Ide

(Professor Ide)

Yoshiki Tano

(Owner of the House)

Tetsuya Kakihara

(Duck (voice))

Masatô Ibu

(Narrator (voice))