"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."
Takeshi Kitano
as Takeshi / Yakuza / Father / Ninja / Detective / Astronomer
Tohru Emori
as Higashi Oizumi
Kayoko Kishimoto
as Kumiko
Anne Suzuki
as Kimiko
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Wife
Yoshino Kimura
as Daughter
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
as Maid
Yuki Uchida
as Heroine
Akira Takarada
as Gentleman in a White Mercedes
Yumiko Fujita
as Massao's Mother
Ren Osugi
as Astronomer Yamamoto
Susumu Terajima
as Young Man
Shun Sugata
as Hisamatsu
Tetsu Watanabe
as Noh Mask Man
Naomasa Musaka
as Karate Instructor
Takashi Nishina
as Car Owner
Tamotsu Ishibashi
as Hisamatsu Group Young Head
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Barkeeper
Kakeru Yoshida
as Foreign Boy living in Japan
Kenichi Abe
as Police Officer
Wakaba Irie
as Madam at the Bar
Hajime Tanimoto
as Chief Elder
Toshimasa Niiro
as Retainer
Kazuya Nakajima
as Child
Yūko Fukui
as Old Lady
Moro Morooka
as Thug
Yoshiki Arizono
as Man Who Picked Up the Car
Rakkyo Ide
as Professor Ide
Yoshiki Tano
as Owner of the House
Tetsuya Kakihara
as Duck (voice)
Masatô Ibu
as Narrator (voice)
Director
Writer
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Katsumi Yanagijima
Director of Photography
Editor
Masayuki Mori
Producer
Senji Horiuchi
Sound Designer
Norihiro Isoda
Production Design
Yoshinori Ota
Takio Yoshida