Goemon (2009)

Director:

Kazuaki Kiriya

Writers:

Kazuaki Kiriya (original story)
Kazuaki Kiriya (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1 May 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi)...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Martial Arts | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Yôsuke Eguchi	...	Goemon Ishikawa
Takao Osawa	...	Saizo Kirigakure
Ryôko Hirosue	...	Chacha Asai
Jun Kaname	...	Mitsunari Ishida
Gori	...	Sasuke Sarutobi
Mikijirô Hira	...	Rikyu Sen
Masatô Ibu	...	Ieyasu Tokugawa
Tetsuji Tamayama	...	Matahachi
Hashinosuke Nakamura	...	Nobunaga Oda
Eiji Okuda	...	Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Choi Hong Man	...	Gao
Susumu Terajima	...	Hanzo Hattori
Eriko Satô	...	Courtesan Yoshino
Erika Toda	...	Courtesan Yukiri
Mayu Tsuruta	...	Koheita's mother
Ryô	...	Goemon's mother
Ema Fujisawa	...	Okichi
Mayumi Sada	...	Orin
Arashi Fukasawa	...	Koheita
Mayuko Fukuda	...	Chacha - teenage
Ryohei Hirota	...	Goemon - teenage
Tokimasa Tanabe	...	Goemon - youth
Takeru Satô	...	Saizo - youth
Yoshikazu Ebisu	...	Owner of Sobaya
Naomasa Musaka	...	Kinokuniya Bunzaemon
Fumiyo Kohinata	...	Yashichi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryôhei Abe
Gibson
Yûki Ishida
Kazuaki Kiriya	...	Mitsuhide Akechi
Lina
Shôichirô Masumoto
Taishin Ohtsuka
Udo Suzuki
Shûji Yamamoto

Directed by
Kazuaki Kiriya

Writing credits
Kazuaki Kiriya		(original story)
Kazuaki Kiriya		(screenplay) and
Tetsurô Takita		(screenplay)

Produced by
Takashige Ichise	....	producer
Kazuaki Kiriya	....	producer
Yoshiya Nagasawa	....	associate producer
Yûji Ueda	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Akihiko Matsumoto

Cinematography by
Kazuaki Kiriya

Film Editing by
Kazuaki Kiriya
Chisako Yokoyama

Casting by
Masashi Yamaguchi

Production Design by
Yuji Hayashida

Costume Design by
Vaughan Alexander
Tina Kalivas

Makeup Department
Tomo Hyakutake	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryoji Inagaki	....	key hair stylist
Ryoji Inagaki	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Yutaka Tachibana	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kazuhiko Kondô	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Yoshihito Akatsuka	....	art department producer
Atsuo Hirai	....	set designer
Tomomi Nishio	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Mizuki Itou	....	sound effects editor
Masato Yano	....	sound

Special Effects by
Tomo Hyakutake	....	model maker
Tomo Hyakutake	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Takuya Fujita	....	visual effects producer
Kôji Nozaki	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Seiji Mori	....	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenji Tanabe	....	camera operator
Kenji Ushiba	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Motoyuki Kawase	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Eishi Segawa	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Hiroko Stanhope	....	assitant: Taka Ichise

Production Companies

• Cell
• Daiichi Shokai Co.
• Dentsu
• Dream Kid
• Eisei Gekijo
• Goemon Partners
• Hot Toys
• Kinoshita Management
• Kiriya Pictures
• Oz Company
• TV Asahi
• Warner Bros.
• Yoshimoto Kogyo Company

Distributors

• Cathay-Keris Films (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Innoform Media (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Company (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Austria) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Switzerland) (DVD) (German language)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• TV Asahi (2010) (Japan) (TV)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (DVD)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Hyakutake Studio (special make-up effects)
• N Design

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Dream Kid  funding
• JFE Steel  sound stages
• Oz Company  funding
• Storm Rider Co.  extras casting
• Toho Built  sound stages
• Warner Bros.  funding

Also Known As:

"The Legend of Goemon" - International (English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

Japan:128 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:MA | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Company:

Cell

Soundtrack:

Rosa

Goemon

I've always like the Japanese History, and often got disappointed with some of the movies that try to rewrite the storyline. But i was actually impress by Kazuaki Kiriya for an attemp to do it with Goemon, using parts of the Japanese era to combine it and fit into Goemon. The bad side is sometimes he tries to hard expain the background of the story and it become dragging in the first 20mins of the movie while also getting to confuse the audience. It should be more plain and simple story background as so much history character has been involved. overall i have come to see the style of Kazuaki Kiriya and this is what i came to see the movie for. But i could see an improvement on Kiriya attempt this time round. I do not want to comment about the over using of CG and background as its one of the style of Kiriya. Acting wise only Takao Osawa who portray Saizo score greatly on my books. Gori was a huge disappointment. I'm a big fan of Yosuke Eguchi but he seem not holding his role too well to make an impact. I will always remember the part of goemon buro, as the story took a complete twist from the real history which kiriya and Osawa hugly impress me for this part onwards.

Neverless i will be also waiting to get a blueray verion of this for the parts which impress me and Osawa acting on this. Anyway Kiriya has make some improvement.