| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Masami Shin'ichi | |
| Satoshi Tsumabuki | ... | Yukito Origasa | |
| Toshirô Yanagiba | ... | Kizaki Toshiro | |
| Yuu Kashii | ... | Paula Atsuko Ebner | |
| Shin'ichi Tsutsumi | ... | Asakura Ryokitsu | |
| Ken Ishiguro | ... | Narumi Takasu | |
| Colter Allison | ... | Lt. Eric Minott | |
| David Austin | ... | Lt. Dodet | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Nicholas Dombrovskis | ... | German Scientist | |
| Christopher Ryan Doyle | ... | Captain's Talker | |
| Norman England | ... | Sonar Operator #1 | |
| Caroline Paris Gluck | ... | Girl on Beach | |
| Isao Hashizume | ... | Sadamoto Nishimiya | |
| Masatô Ibu | ... | Eitaro Narazaki | |
| Takaya Kamikawa | ... | Man | |
| Ryûki Kitaoka | |||
| Kreva | ... | Shunpei Komatsu | |
| Jun Kunimura | ... | Matoi Tokioka | |
| Matt Lagan | ... | Submarine captain | |
| Dave Monahan | ... | Radio Operator | |
| J.J. Mortimer | ... | Navy crewman | |
| Takehiko Ono | ... | Shichigoro Iwamura | |
| Shûgo Oshinari | |||
| Tyrone Power Jr. | ... | US Battleship Captain | |
| Ryûta Satô | ... | Kikuo Kiyonaga | |
| Fred Spiker | ... | Warrant Officer Nick Nelson | |
| Pierre Taki | ... | Tokutaro Taguchi | |
| Yoshiyuki Tomino | ... | Ouwada | |
| Shingo Tsurumi | ... | Sankichi Oominato | |
Directed by | |||
| Shinji Higuchi | |||
| Cellin Gluck | (US segment) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Harutoshi Fukui | (novel "Shusen no Lorelei") | |
| Satoshi Suzuki | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Karin Beck | .... | line producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Naoki Sato | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Iaso Tsuge | .... | creative director | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Francois Caillaud | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Sonny Lowe | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jacob Balser | .... | engineering services | |
| Chris Barron | .... | digital sound transferer (as Christopher Barron) | |
| Tim Burby | .... | digital editorial services | |
| John Countryman | .... | digital sound transferer | |
| Frank E. Eulner | .... | supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner) | |
| Andre Fenley | .... | assistant supervising sound editor (as André Fenley) | |
| Doug Ford | .... | engineering services | |
| Jonathan Greber | .... | digital sound transferer | |
| J.R. Grubbs | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Howie Hammerman | .... | engineering services (as Howard Hammerman) | |
| Ellen Heuer | .... | foley artist | |
| David Hunter | .... | digital editorial services | |
| Brian Magerkurth | .... | sound recordist (as Brian D. Magerkurth) | |
| Steve Morris | .... | engineering services | |
| Tom Myers | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Al Nelson | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Timothy Nielsen | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Jonathan Null | .... | foley editor | |
| George Peterson Jr. | .... | foley recordist | |
| Brandon Proctor | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Ronald G. Roumas | .... | sound recordist | |
| Jurgen Scharpf | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Tony Sereno | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Steve Slanec | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Dennie Thorpe | .... | foley artist | |
| Jana Vance | .... | foley artist | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Tetsuo Ohya | .... | visual effects producer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Shane Sato | .... | still photographer | |
| Garry Waller | .... | director of photography: second unit | |
Other crew | |||
| Edwin Dunkley | .... | video services (as Ed Dunkley) | |
| Harlan Glenn | .... | technical advisor | |
| Brian Kobo | .... | production coordinator: USA (as Masato Kobo) | |
| Kristina Konrad | .... | language instructor | |
| Mike Lane | .... | client services | |
| Gordon Ng | .... | client services | |
| Eva Porter | .... | client services | |
| Renee Russo | .... | client services | |
| John Torrijos | .... | video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos) | |
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Lorelei can best be described as a Japanese version of "Das Boot" with a supernatural storyline thrown in. The setting is the last week of WWII, Hiroshima having just been bombed. A Japanese veteran captain is given command of a German-surplus submarine with a secret weapon, the "Lorelei System". As viewers of Japanese movies will know, scenes with English-speaking characters usually end up very awkward, with the English-speakers often being cheap local "talent" grabbed off the street, in most cases with very questionable English credentials. But this movie was just about on-par with the classic Tora Tora Tora, using professional Hollywood and local English-speaking actors that portray their roles to near perfection, making the whole movie flow smoothly. Without giving away spoilers, it's difficult to review this movie. But the advancement of computer graphics has made for some really visually stunning submarine battle action. If anything, the surface vessels come across as being a bit lifeless, as the effort was spent on the underwater sequences. At 140 minutes the movie is long, and by western standards probably somewhat talky, but there is a lot of political maneuvering going on in this movie, plus the diverting from history as we know it, that requires the additional dialogue. All actors put in very decent performances, the soundtrack is fittingly orchestrated and the cinematography excellent. While not being the classic that "Das Boot" was, this movie is very enjoyable, and with subtitles could potentially get a decent western cult following.