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  • Jam Films (2002)
  • 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jam Films (2002)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of onions, and leads a couple to ponder their ...See more"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of onions, and leads a couple to ponder their relationship. Fujio awakes from "Cold Sleep" to find he has crashed on an unfamiliar planet with some crazy people and an attractive "new Eve." Mayuko, has an itch she keeps secret before she is introduced to a mysterious yet strangely satisfying cure (Pandora - Hong Kong Leg). A man finds himself surrounded by the police and holds some women hostage as they eat "Hijiki" (edible seaweed) and advise him about what to do. In a class studying the Potsdam Declaration, some high school students find their minds elsewhere. Tojo is keeping a tally of the "snapping" of the tight shorts worn by the girls jumping hurdles outside the window according to color. Will he find ultimate "Justice." Ever since she can remember, "Arita" has appeared somewhere on every drawing or other piece of paper she touches, starting with the first crude drawings of her childhood. But what is it, and is it alive ? Written by Brian Greenhalgh See less
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Directors
Daizaburo Hanada (segments: Opening) | Jôji Iida (segments: Cold Sleep) (as George Iida) | Shunji Iwai (segments: Arita) | Ryûhei Kitamura (segments: The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead) & 4 more
Writers
Kawato Azusa (story "Cold Sleep") | Jôji Iida (story) (segments: Cold Sleep) | Shunji Iwai (segments: 'Arita') | Uiko Miura (segments: Hijiki) (as Yuiko Miura) & 5 more
Composers
Kôji Endô (segments: Pandora - Hong Kong Leg) | Yoshihiro Ike (segments: Cold Sleep) | Shunji Iwai (segments: Arita) | Nobuhiko Morino (segments: The Messenger: Requiem for the Dead) & 3 more
Cinematographers
Jun Fukumoto (segments: Justice) | Takumi Furuya (segments: The Messenger: Requiem for the Dead) | Minoru Ishiyama (segments: Kendama) | Satoru Karasawa (segments: Hijiki) & 2 more
Editors
Hirohide Abe (segments: Cold Sleep) | Toshihide Fukano (segments: Kendama) | Tsuyoshi Imai (segments: Justice) | Nobuyuki Ito (segments: Hijiki) & 3 more
Production Designers
Aiko Funaki (segments: Kendama) | Koichi Kanekatsu (segments: Justice) | Akio Kikuchi (segments: Pandora - Hong Kong Leg) | Tomoyuki Maruo (segments: Hijiki) & 3 more
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Updated Dec 31, 2002

Release date
2002 (Japan)

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Cast

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35 cast members
Name Known for
Morio Agata
(segment - "Kendama") (segment - "Kendama")   See fewer
Natsuko Akiyama
(segment "Hijiki") (segment "Hijiki")   See fewer
Samuel Pop Aning
(segment - "Cold Sleep") (segment - "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Hirofumi Arai
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Haruka Ayase
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Yukari Fukui
Actress Actress   See fewer
Ryôko Hirosue
(segment "Arita") (segment "Arita")   See fewer
Satomi Ishihara
Actress Actress   See fewer
Mekdachi Khalil
(segment - "Cold Sleep") (segment - "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Kazuki Kitamura
(segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead") (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead")   See fewer
Masaki Koyanagi
(segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg") (segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg")   See fewer
Hitomi Kurihara
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Akaji Maro
(segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg") (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg")   See fewer
Akifumi Miura
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Takao Osawa
(segment "Cold Sleep") (segment "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Samuel Pop
(segment "Cold Sleep") (segment "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Tak Sakaguchi
(segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead") (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead")   See fewer
Kuranosuke Sasaki
(segment "Hijiki") (segment "Hijiki")   See fewer
Ryôko Shinohara
(segment "Kendama") (segment "Kendama")   See fewer
Satoshi Shinohara
(segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg") (segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg")   See fewer
Albert Smith
(segment "Cold Sleep") (segment "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Christian Storms
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Ai Takahashi
(segment "Hijiki") (segment "Hijiki")   See fewer
Megumi Takahashi
(segment "Hijiki") (segment "Hijiki")   See fewer
Tisha
(segment - "Cold Sleep") (segment - "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Saya Tobioka
(segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg") (segment - "Pandora - "Hong Kong Leg")   See fewer
Satoshi Tsumabuki
(segment "Justice") (segment "Justice")   See fewer
Tomomi Tsunoda
(segment "Cold Sleep") (segment "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Yasutaka Tsutsui
(segment "Cold Sleep") (segment "Cold Sleep")   See fewer
Megumi Ujiie
(segment "Hijiki' & 'Kendama") (segment "Hijiki' & 'Kendama")   See fewer
Kanae Uotani
The messenger (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead") The messenger (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead")   See fewer
Yoshinobu Yamada
(segment - "Kendama") (segment - "Kendama")   See fewer
Masayoshi Yamazaki
(segment "Kendama") (segment "Kendama")   See fewer
Takami Yoshimoto
(segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg") (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg")   See fewer
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