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Email this page to a friend   Go To:  Actors Directors Writers Producers Camera, Film & Tape Editors Casting Executives Production Management Art Department Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Sound Music Visual Effects & Animation Physical Effects Engineering, Electrical & Grips Construction Publicity Accounting Craft Services Props Legal Consultants & Advisors Animals Below The Line Other Crew Worldwide Distributors Other Companies Actors Keira Knightley Helene Joncour Alfred Molina Baldabiou Michael Pitt Herve Joncour Koji Yakusho Hara Jubei Sei Ashina The Girl Kanata Hongo Japanese Boy Jun Kunimura Umon Miki Nakatani Madame Blanche Mark Rendall Ludovic Berbek Callum Keith Rennie Schuyler Kenneth Welsh Mayor Joncour Tony Vogel Café Verdun Man 1 Toni Bertorelli Verdun Martha Burns Mme. Joncour Michael Golding Clerk Carlo Cecchi Priest Marc Fiorini M. Chabert Leslie Csuth M. Loiseau Toru Tezuka Japanese Guide Hidetaro Honjo Shamisen Player Taro Suwa Japanese Trader 2 Katy Saunders Brothel Hostess Max Malatesta Customs Officer Luca DeBei Café Verdun Man 2 Edward Licht Diplomat Domenico Procacci Ambassador Francesco Carnelutti Doctor Maddalena Maggi Brothel Hostess 2 Makoto Inamiya Japanese Trader/Elder Hiroki Takano Japanese Trader/Elder Back to Top Directors Francois Girard Director Back to Top Writers Francois Girard Screenplay (adaptation) Michael Golding Screenplay (adaptation) Alessandro Baricco Source Material (from novel: "Silk") Back to Top Producers Yasushi Shiina Executive Producer Akira Ishii Executive Producer Camela Galano Executive Producer Jonathan Debin Executive Producer Patrice Theroux Executive Producer Domenico Procacci Producer Niv Fichman Producer Nadine Luque Producer Sonoko Sakai Producer Jacques Methe (II) Producer (Quebec) Sahar Nasser Associate Producer (Egyptian Second Unit) Sheena MacDonald Associate Producer (Rhombus Media Inc.) Larry Weinstein (II) Associate Producer (Rhombus Media Inc.) Barbara Willis Sweete (II) Associate Producer (Rhombus Media Inc.) Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Dany Racine 1st Assistant Camera Amelie Duceppe 2nd Assistant Camera Jacques Yves Gucia Still Photographer Emiliano Leurini 1st Assistant B Camera (Italy) Yasushi Miyata 1st Assistant B Camera (Japan) Yuka Eto Film Loader A Camera (Japan) Manabu Matsumiya Additional First Assistant Camera (Japan) Martin Lebel 1st Assistant Camera (2nd Unit) Yasushi Miyata 1st Assistant Camera (Japanese Second Unit) Ryo Ishida 2nd Assistant Camera (Japanese Second Unit) Emanuele Leurini 2nd Assistant Camera (Italian Second Unit) Yasushi Miyata 2nd Assistant Camera (Russian Second Unit) Marc Lussier Digital Color Timer (Citelab/Global Vision) Mathieu Duncan Digital Dailies (Citelab/Global Vision) Marie-Hélène Bourget (II) DI Technician (Citelab/Global Vision) Alain Dostie Director of Photography Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky Director of Photography (2nd Unit) Sylvaine Dufaux Camera Operator Cristiano Rossi Video Assist Operator (Italy) Hiroyuki Takahashi Video Assist Operator (Japan) Back to Top Editors Supriya Naidu-James 1st Assistant Editor Francine Poirier Dialogue Editor Linda Bourgeois Negative Cutter (Citelab/Global Vision) Jim Campabadal Negative Cutter (Citelab/Global Vision) Pia Di Ciaula (II) Editor Back to Top Casting Toshiie Tomida Casting (Japan) Mai Sugiyama Casting Assistant (Japan) John Buchan (II) Casting (Canada) Susie Figgis Casting Director Beatrice Kruger Casting Director (Italy) Back to Top Executives Laura Paolucci Head of Development (Fandango S.R.L.) Akiko Inoue Business Affairs (T.Y. Limited, Inc.) Back to Top Production Management George Jardon Post-Production Supervisor Winnifred Jong Script Supervisor Roberto Leone Production Manager (Italy) Fabrizio Prada Unit Manager (Italy) Walter Poli Location Contact (Italy) (Sermoneta) Filippo Lovatelli Location Contact Campo (Italy) (Imperatore) Elena Cavallo Location Contact (Italy) (Piemonte) Tsutomu Sakurai Production Manager (Japan) Shuji Hosoya Unit Manager (Japan) Kyoko Kageyama Production Supervisor (Japan) Katsuo Naruse Dialogue Supervisor (Japan) Robert Wilson-Smith Production Manager (2nd Unit) Takayuki Denno Production Manager (Japanese Second Unit) Hamed El Bagoury Production Manager (Egyptian Second Unit) Genevieve Dufault DI Postproduction Supervisor (Citelab/Global Vision) Jessica Daniel Production Supervisor (Rhombus Media Inc.) Valeria Licurgo Production Supervisor (Fandango S.R.L.) Gianluca Leurini Line Producer (Italy) Masaru Koibuchi Line Producer (Japan) Rami Rabei Line Producer (Egyptian Second Unit) Masaru Koibuchi Unit Production Manager Simona Batistelli Production Coordinator (Italy) Wakako Miyakuni Production Coordinator (Japan) Damian Anderson Production Coordinator (2nd Unit) Chaimaa Badawy Production Coordinator (Egyptian Second Unit) Edward Licht 1st Assistant Director Luigi Spoletini 1st Assistant Director (Italy) Shinya Masuda 2nd Assistant Director (Japan) Tetsuo Funabashi 2nd Assistant Director (Japan) Toshitaka Furuike 2nd 2nd Assistant Director (Japan) Taka Kawatsu 2nd 2nd Assistant Director Mon Takada 2nd Assistant Director (Japanese Second Unit) Fumio Nomoto 1st Assistant Director (Japanese Second Unit) Hiroshi Iwaya Location Manager (Japan) Youki Hoshino Location Manager (Japan) Takashi Mimatsu Location Manager (Japan) Miyuki Tanaka Location Manager (Japan) Alexey Golovinov Location Manager (Russian Second Unit) Basem El Bagoury Location Manager (Egyptian Second Unit) Back to Top Art Department Cecile Braemer Art Department Coordinator Monica Sallustio Draftsman (Italy) Pietro Masotti Drapesman (Italy) Santo Spalla Scenic Painter (Italy) Luciano Ceccotti Green Master (Italy) Chieko Kashiyama Assistant Art Director (Japan) Yukihisa Satosu Assistant Art Director (Japan) Kazuhiko Matsugu Art Coordinator (Japan) Mami Ishida Assistant Set Decorator (Japan) Kazuta Matsunaga Set Dresser (Japan) Nobuaki Watanabe Set Dresser (Japan) Kenji Takao Set Dresser (Japan) Tomoyuki Takagi Set Dresser (Japan) Maki Kobayashi Set Dresser (Japan) Nathaie Bencharova Art Department (Russian Second Unit) Emita Frigato Art Director Fumio Ogawa Art Director Shigeyuki Kondo Art Director (Japan) Yukiharu Seshimo Set Designer (Japan) Masumi Miura Assistant Set Designer (Japan) Francois Seguin Production Designer Emita Frigato Production Designer (Italy) Fumio Ogawa Production Designer (Japan) Nobushiro Akitaya Set Decorator Sabrina Coppolecchia Set Decorator (Italy) Nobuhiro Akitaya Set Decorator (Japan) Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Carlo Barucci Key Hair Stylist Salvatore Salzano Assistant Costume Designer (Italy) Serena Fiumi Costume Supervisor (Italy) Monica Iacuzzo Workshop Coordinator (Italy) Luigi Di Cristo Wardrobe Master (Italy) (For Extras) Rebecca Higginson Costumer (Italy) (for Ms. Knightley) Giovanni Lipari Costumer (Italy) (for Mr. Pitt) Adriana Mattiozzi Woman Cutter (Italy) Giampietro Grassi Man Cutter (Italy) Elsa Malandra Cutter (Italy) Gastone Grassi Cutter (Italy) Serafino Pellegrino Dyer (Italy) Carlo Barucci Key Hair Stylist (Italy) Rosa Luciani Hairdresser (Italy) Francesca De Simone Hairdresser (Italy) Mayu Ishihara Costumer (Japan) Misako Kajimoto Costumer (Japan) Masaru Sekiguchi Costumer (Japan) Tsutomu Sugawara Hair Stylist (Japan) Miho Anraku Hairdresser (Japan) Hayato Toyama Hairdresser (Japan) Masaru Sekiguchi Wardrobe (Japanese Second Unit) Akiko Kawata Hairdresser (Japanese Second Unit) Serafino Pellegrino Standby Costume (Italian Second Unit) Elena Mayevskaya Costumer (Russian Second Unit) Kazuko Kurosawa Costume Designer Carlo Poggioli Costume Designer Mario Michisanti Key Makeup Artist Mario Michisanti Key Makeup Artist (Italy) Raffaella Iorio Makeup Artist (Italy) Miyoko Sakurai Makeup Artist (Japan) Mariko Tanaka Makeup Artist (Japan) Azusa Yamaguchi Assistant Makeup Artist (Japan) Mitsue Sato Makeup Artist (for Ms. Nakatani) Back to Top Sound Francis Peloquin Boom Operator Natalie Fleurant ADR Supervisor Natalie Fleurant ADR Editor Daniel Bisson ADR Recording Engineer David Boulton (III) ADR Recording Engineer Jerome Decarie Foley Artist Daniel Bisson Foley Recording Engineer Gregory Bolduc Re-Recording Assistant Engineer Claude Beaugrand Sound Editing Services Claude La Haye Sound Mixer Claude Beaugrand Sound Olivier Calvert Sound Hans Peter Strobl Sound Bernard Gariepy Strobl Sound Rin Takada Sound Assistant (Japan) Back to Top Music Ryuichi Sakamoto Music Papo Sanchez Mixer (Japanese Second Unit) Angelo Torres Co-Mixer (Japanese Second Unit) Tito Pena Assistant Engineer (Japanese Second Unit) Matt Havron Music Coordinator (Japanese Second Unit) Alysia Oakley Music Coordinator (Japanese Second Unit) Ryuichi Sakamoto Orchestrations Fernando Aponte Music Recording Engineer Ryuichi Sakamoto Music Mixer Fernando Aponte Music Mixer Esprit Orchestra Orchestral Segments Performed Alex Pauk Music Director Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano Joshua Bell (II) Violin Carlos Nunez Whistle & Iwabue Soloist Norika Sora Management (for Mr. Sakamoto) Kaz Tsujio Piano Tuner (for Mr. Sakamoto) Honjoh Fukuhide Song (Hauta “AWAYUKI”) Hidetaro Honjo Shamisen Player Steven Danenberg Music Preparation & Supervision Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Tiberio Angeloni Special Effects Coordinator Franco Fabio Galiano Special Effects Supervisor Alain Le Roy Digital Visual Effects Producer (Studio Ex-Centris) Élise Voyer (II) Digital Visual Effects Project Manager (Studio Ex-Centris) Patrick Bergeron Lead Digital Compositing Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Etienne Daigle Compositing Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Mathieu Jolicoeur Compositing Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Muriel Tiberghien 3-D Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Muriel Tiberghien Animation & Animatics (Studio Ex-Centris) Christian Rittener 3-D Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Christian Rittener Models,Texture & Lighting (Studio Ex-Centris) Martin Desrochers Models,Texture & Lighting (Studio Ex-Centris) Martin Desrochers 3-D Artist (Studio Ex-Centris) Guillaume Marin-Lafond Assistant & Rotoscopy (Studio Ex-Centris) Renaud Paradis Network System Administrator (Studio Ex-Centris) Davis Goodman Network System Administrator (Studio Ex-Centris) Denis Dulude Titles Design (Studio Ex-Centris) Nicolas Gauthier Digital Opticals and Titles (Citelab/Global Vision) Franco Fabio Galiano Special Effects (Italy) (MAG) Chuji Shimajiri Special Effects (Japan) Jean-Francois Aubin Snow Effects (Japan) Narumi Tsuzaki Snow Effects (Japan) Tsuneo Koumi Snow Effects (Japan) Stephane Landry Digital Visual Effects Supervisor Pierre Guerin (II) DI Engineering Supervisor (Citelab/Global Vision) Shuichi Kishiura Special Effects Supervisor (Japan) Tiberio Angeloni Special Effects Assistant (Italy) Mathieu Raynault Digital Matte Painter (Studio Ex-Centris) Rene Morel Digital Matte Painter (Studio Ex-Centris) Back to Top Physical Effects Kazuyuki Okayama Stunts (Japan) Koji Fukae Stunts (Japan) Yoshiaki Ieki Stunts (Japan) Yusaku Kawase Stunts (Japan) Mamoru Tanimoto Stunts (Japan) Blake Crawford Hervé Double (Japanese Second Unit) Gabriele Ragusa Hervé Stunt Double (Italian Second Unit) Angelo Ragusa Stunt Coordinator (Italy) Hiroshi Kuze Stunt Coordinator (Japan) Kimio Yamada Assistant Stunt Coordinator (Japan) Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Antonio D'Arienzo Electrician (Italy) Paolo Di Stefano Rigging Electrician (Italy) Alessandro Cardelli Rigging Electrician (Italy) Doriano Forti Rigging Grip (Italy) Yasushi Masuda Electrician (Japan) Norito Matsumoto Electrician (Japan) Michiaki Kamochi Electrician (Japan) Akira Watanabe Electrician (Japan) Yasuhiro Ishiguro Electrician (Japan) Tsuyoshi Kage Electrician (Japan) Koichi Tatebe Electrician (Japan) Taro Kawauchi Electrician (Japan) Taku Mitamura Electrician (Japan) Takuro Kase Electrician (Japan) Takumi Hirai Electrician (Japan) Norihiro Mori Electrician (Japan) Jean-Maurice Ernsted Key Grip Tommaso Mele Key Grip (Italy) Claudio Del Gobbo Key Grip (Italy) Shigeru Hirayama Key Grip (Japan) Sergio Faina Key Rigging Grip (Italy) Massimiliano Dessena Grip (Italy) Stefano Di Pasquali Grip (Italy) Giorgio Pezzotti Grip (Italy) Piero Bosi Grip (Italy) Masao Imai Grip Assistant (Japan) Masanari Okada Grip Assistant (Japan) Daisuke Saito Grip Assistant (Japan) Shingo Kasa Grip Assistant (Japan) Kenji Ichikaw Grip Assistant (Japan) Daniel Chretien Gaffer Paolo Leurini Gaffer (Italy) Yuji Wada Gaffer (Japan) Maurizio DiStefano Rigging Gaffer (Italy) Back to Top Construction Luigi Sergianni Construction Manager (Italy) Roberto Ricci Set Constructor (Italy) Kazuharu Tsuboi Construction Captain (Japan) Back to Top Publicity Masako Tsukahara Unit Publicist (Japan) Hiroshi Tsuyuri Publicist (for Japanese media) Megumi Kubota Publicist (for Japanese media) Michael Schlesinger Publicist (Japan) Jackie Page Publicist (Italy) Daniela Staffa Publicist (Fandango S.R.L.) Back to Top Accounting Satoko Matsui Assistant Production Accountant (Japan) Dominic Stubbs Accountant (Rhombus Media Inc.) Sandie Bornstein Accountant (Rhombus Media Inc.) Claudio Zampetti Corporate Accounting (Fandango S.R.L.) Katsumi Furuhashi Production Accountant Christian Fluet Production Accountant Marco Mattei Production Accountant (Italy) Katsumi Furuhashi Production Accountant (Japan) Back to Top Craft Services Cristina Leurini Clic Catering Manager (Italy) Fabrizio De Angelis (II) Key Chef (Italy) Barbara Ferrara 1st Chef Assistant (Italy) Angelo Scalia Kitchen Technician (Italy) Daniele Virgulto Craft Assistant (Italy) Kazunari Takeuchi Catering Coordinator (Japan) Yoshiko Hondo Caterer (Japan) Back to Top Props Giovanni Nucera Assistant Props (Italy) Aki Murai Assistant Props (Japan) Massimiliano Corte Standby Props (Italian Second Unit) Valentin Chikov Props/Sleigh (Russian Second Unit) Denis Hamel Property Master Luciano Magagnini Property Master (Italy) Yuzuru Sakai Property Master (Japan) Back to Top Legal Stephen Saltzman Legal Services Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Julia Wilson-Dickson Dialogue Coach Tomoko Mikuni Cast Liaison (Japan) Noriko Kobayashi Translator (Japan) Yukiko Nakajima Translator (Japan) Takahiro Maeyama Financial Advisor (Japan) Masazumi Watanabe Development Advisor (Japan) Shigeyuki Mito Legal Advisor (Japan) Masao Nagai Location/Budget Advisor (Japan) Masayuki Kaihara Location/Budget Advisor (Japan) Andrew Utech English Coach (for Mr. Yakusho) Andrew Utech English Coach (for Ms. Nakatani) Michiyo Hata Manner Coach (Japan) Meiraku Ueda Master (of Sencha-Ogawaryu) Izumi Murano Nutrition Advisor (for Ms. Ashina) Simona Chiocca Research (Italian Second Unit) Alexy Petrov Translator (Russian Second Unit) Nathalie Martishevskaya Translator (Russian Second Unit) Valentina Ziryanova Translator (Russian Second Unit) Shinji Takeuchi Project Co-advisor (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Masao Teshima Project Advisor (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Shinji Ogawa Creative Advisor (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Koji Fujino Financial / Project Advisor (T.Y. Limited, Inc.) Hiroyuki Matsunaga Project Co-Advisor (T.Y. Limited, Inc.) Tetsu Fujimura Financial Advisor (Filosophia Entertainment Alliance, Inc) Vittorio Carta Laboral Consultant (Italy) Hidetaro Honjo Music Consultant (Japan) Steve F.B. Smith Dolby Sound Consultant Back to Top Animals Angelo Ragusa Horse Master (Italy) Mitsunori Tanaka Horse Coordinator (Japan) Hideyuki Kawamura Assistant Horse Coordinator (Japan) Shinobu Deguchi Animal Trainer (Japan) Shinobu Deguchi Bird Trainer (Japan) Gabriele Ragusa Animal Wrangler (Italian Second Unit) Francesco Carone Horse Groomer (Italian Second Unit) Nikolay Agdonov Horse Master (Russian Second Unit) Back to Top Below The Line Yan Turgeon Assistant (Italy) (to Mr. Girard) Raffaella Di Giulio Assistant (Italy) (to Mr. Debin) Patrizia Punzo Nurse (Italy) Francesca Birri Assistant (Italy) (to Ms. Braemer) Luciano Parisi Runner (Italy) Fabio Mancini Transportation Coordinator (Italy) Gianluca Cardillo Driver (Italy) (for Mr. Girard) Stefano Antonelli Driver (Italy) (for Mr. Pitt) Marco Ganino Driver (for Mr. Molina) Pietro Giordani Driver (Italy) (fFor Ms. Knightley) Franco Iannone Driver (Italy) Giovanni Angeletti Driver (Italy) Tonino Quaranta Driver (Italy) Angelo Scalia Driver (Italy) Brian Kobo Prop Coordinator (Japan) Takao Kawashima Set Production Assistant (Japan) Hitoshi Abe Set Production Assistant (Japan) Shinichi Kato Set Production Assistant (Japan) Takanori Muto Set Production Assistant (Japan) Toshiki Shinbo Set Production Assistant (Japan) Takao Sakamoto Set Production Assistant (Japan) Izumi Ohtomi Assistant (to Mr. Girard) Nozomi Assistant (to Mr. Debin) Noriko Ishida Production Intern (Japan) Takeshi Yokooka Production Intern (Japan) Mayumi Furukawa Production Intern (Japan) Mariko Maruyama Production Intern (Japan) Kiyomi Miyata Food Coordinator (Japan) Joetaro Kitamura Driver (for Mr. Pitt) Takahiro Taketomi Driver (Japanese Second Unit) Masamitsu Tabata Driver (Japanese Second Unit) Motoki Ichikura Driver (Japanese Second Unit) Eugenio Petouchoff Driver (Italian Second Unit) Valter Di Francesco Driver (Italian Second Unit) Anatoliy Tyushkevich Driver (Russian Second Unit) Michael Golovinov Driver (Russian Second Unit) Shaker Beshir Runner (Egyptian Second Unit) Mahmoud Nasr Runner (Egyptian Second Unit) Mostaga Azmy Runner (Egyptian Second Unit) Chantal Neveu Production Secretary (to Mr. Girard) Hugh Probyn Assistant (to Niv Fichman) Sonia Ferri Assistant (to Mr. Procacci) Hironori Terashima Business Coordinator (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Yasuyuki Iwanami Business Coordinator (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Joe Ikeda Business Coordinator (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Masayuki Sanou Business Coordinator (Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.) Mario Janelle Second Unit Director Ichiro Yamamoto Production Assistant (Japan) Yoshiaki Kamonji Production Assistant (Japan) Kodai Hanayama Production Assistant (Japan) Rebecca Whitcomb Production Assistant (Bilingual) Haruka Tsutsui Production Assistant (Bilingual) Sadami Fan Production Assistant (Bilingual) Alessandro Pantano Production Assistant (2nd Unit) Naomi Fujino Production Assistant (Japanese Second Unit) Daisuke Fukugawa Location Production Assistant (Japanese Second Unit) Mon Takada Production Assistant (Russian Second Unit) Mohamed Abdel Wahab Production Assistant (Egyptian Second Unit) Hazem Shoeib Production Assistant (Egyptian Second Unit) Back to Top Other Crew Giuseppe Cancellara Blacksmith (Italy) Itsuzan Osawa Calligrapher (Japan) Peter Kaser Cortina Contact (Italian Second Unit) Joseph Geminale Courmayeur/Tiglieto Contact (Italian