staff, cast
NIGHT CRUISING
Director, Camera, and Editor Makoto Sasaki
Producer Miyuki Tanaka
Camera Ikuma Horii Hirotsugu Nakao
Audio Post Production Nobuhiko Shimbashi
Still Photography Katsumi Omori Hajime Kato
PR and Graphic Design Rikako Nagashima Ray Masaki(village®)
Web Programming Kei Fujimoto
Interviews
Ayako Ogota Koji Okano Kanami Sakai Rio Sekiba Sachiko Sone Kaito Niwa
Research Support
iJet.inc. A-Lab Co., Ltd. CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Club Tourism International Inc. National Museum of Nature and Science
Ken Sagawa (Japan Women’s University)
SINKA Corporation Shinjuku Historical Museum
ZENRIN CO., LTD. TWIN RING MOTEGI
Cooperation
ACROSS ENTERTAINMENT, inc. Inagawa Motoko Office
WINK2 OFFICE OSAWA Co.,Ltd.
November Agency Co Ltd. FREE WAVE CO.,LTD.
Production BAOBAB Co. Mizue Ashikaga
Koichi Shiota Osamu Mizutani Mihana Morimoto Midori Yaguchi
Location Support
WINK2 Kyoto City University of Arts CROW STUDIO
Studio Alpha Vega doob-3d Shibuya
DOMMUNE Maekawa Guitar Craft EuroLive
Audio Description Writer Miyuki Tanaka
Audio Description Coordination and Closed Caption Production Palabra inc.
English Subtitles Ayumi Kageyama Jonathan M. Hall
Planning, Production, and Distribution being there co./Invisible Executive Committee
Distribution and PR Cooperation UPLINK Co.
PR Cooperation Masae Kumano
Grant Funding
The Nippon Foundation
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Corporate Sponsors
the paper, LLC
Mori Inc.
GHOST VISION
Writer and Director Hideyuki Kato
Assistant Director and Project Manager Makoto Sasaki
Producer and Project Manager Miyuki Tanaka
Sound Recording and Sound Design Nobuhiko Shimbashi
Sound Recording Kyoichi Sakuyama
Writing Cooperation Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Concept Image Cooperation Luminous Productions Co., Ltd. / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Lead Concept Artist Yuuki Matsuzawa
Lead Concept Artist Yuusaku Nakaaki
Concept Artist Kenji Niki
Concept Artist Kentarou Kimura
Environment Artist Norihito Ueno
Development Manager Tomohiro Hasegawa
Project Manager Ryuhei Ozai
Project Manager Akiko Ota
Scene 1
Art Teppei Kaneuji
Camera Tetsuya Shiota, Hideyuki Kato
Lighting Reiko Kawashima
Editor Makoto Sasaki
Scenes 2 and 4
Pre Visualization Just Cause Productions, Inc.
Producer Takuya Shibata
Director Ken Ohara
Animator Tomonori Hirata
Animator Masaaki Ida
Motion Capture Operator Miyuki Munekane
Motion Capture Operator Yuika Nakajima
Scenes 3 and 5
Cast Edih Toshimitsu Kokido
Lesk Alno LeGale
Tatiyana Akira Toyoda
Cinematography Tetsuya Shiota
Digital Imaging Technician and Editor Kazuya Hayashi
Project Manager Noboru Miyashita
Production Support Toshiaki Kikushima
Visual Effects Yoshinori Ban
Stylist Eri Takayama
Stylist Assistant Haruka Sato
Hair and Makeup Rie Tomomori
Scene 6
Production Direction Shota Yamauchi
Cooperation Luminous Productions Co., Ltd./SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
VFX Artist Ryota Nozoe
Environment Artist Norihito Ueno
AI Engineer Tatsuhiro Joudan
Engineer Ryota Nishizawa
Lead AI Researcher Yoichiro Miyake
Development Manager Tomohiro Hasegawa
Project Manager Ryuhei Ozai
Voice Actors Edih Koichi Yamadera
Lesk Nobutoshi Kanna
Tatiyana Mamiko Noto
Connor Robert Harris
Narrator Hiroya Ishimaru
Film Score
Composer Hideyuki Kato
Arranger and Drummer (Scene 2) Itoken
Title Design Hideyuki Kato
Title Animation Shota Goshozono(wakabane media party)
Director: Makoto Sasaki
Sasaki’s first documentary movie Fragment came out to the public in 2006 and achieved a long run of three years including overseas screening in the United States and Germany. 2 or 3 Examples About Minorities and Sex (2007) came out in the following year as a part of the omnibus film Hadaka over 8, shown internationally in different locations as a single film. His directed titles include INNERVISION (2013), MINORITIES AND SEX: STRICTLY PERSONAL WAY OF LOVE (2015), and CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF: Recollecting the 10 years of Minori-Majorite Travel (2016), all screened in various locations throughout Japan. Other works as a producer include Resident Evil 5 Behind the Scenes (2009), and Barrier-Free Communication – Do we not have sex or can we not have sex!? (2014) by Fuji Television NONFIX. He was also engaged in the screenplays of GOEMON (2008) directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, and Puzzle (2014) featuring Kaho as the starring actress, and many other films.
Sasaki has had lectures and screenings at University of Southern California, The University of Tokyo, Keio University, and other institutions. He regularly holds talk sessions over films with Makoto Wada, Robert Harris and other panelists. Many of his works focus on the boundaries between the majority and the minority; utilizing the documentary method to question the overall scheme of the society from the perspective of the minority’s.
Website: http://sasaki-makoto.com/
Main cast: Hideyuki Kato
Born 1977 in Tokyo, and currently lives in Tokyo. He is congenitally blind. He serves as a system engineer, and a musician (E-bass guitar). He is a member of the band, celcle. He occasionally composes songs. Kato made appearance in the film innervision. He works as a lecturer at an international preschool. His hobbies include cooking, crafting, and works that require precise skills to the extent that cause you a headache (e.g., building plastic models).
Producer: Miyuki Tanaka
As a curator, Tanaka has been engaged in a number of exhibitions, performances, and publication editorials. Her activities are based on creativity and communication found in everyday life. After being engaged in the exhibitions, bones (2009) and The Definition of Self (2010) at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, her interests often include technology, where future of humans and the society could be found. She curated LIFE by MEDIA: Proposing new forms of life and living with media and YCAMDOMMUNE at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. At Miraikan, she took in charge of Prosthetic Fashion Show: Rhythm of athletics, and the collaborative live event between a band from the social welfare facility Shobu Gakuen and musician Masakatsu Takagi, “subliminal wave of light” otto & orabu × Masakatsu Takagi LIVE at Miraikan. She has continuously been engaged in projects related to disabilities, including Japan Foundation presents Disability × Performing Arts Series 2016: dialogue without vision (2016, Kanagawa Arts Theatre), exhibition The Great Ordinary (2017, Borderless Art Museum NO-MA), and performance CREATIVE AUDIO DESCRIPTION: dance work-in-progress seen by ears (2017, Kanagawa Arts Theatre) among other projects. Her projects present disabilities as an alternative perspective of re-viewing the world.