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Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (movie)

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Alternative title:
Miyamoto Musashi: Sōken ni Haseru Yume (Japanese)
Musashi – ostatni samuraj (Polish)
Musashi: El sueño del último samurai (Spanish)
宮本武蔵 ―双剣に馳せる夢― (Japanese)
宮本武藏 －雙劍飛馳之夢－ (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: slice of life
Themes: samurai
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: A researcher tries to demystify the false image of the legendary Miyamoto Musashi created by centuries of contradicting data.
User Ratings: 49 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:17, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:12, ?:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:1, others:1
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 74 users, rank: #5903 (of 9856)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.020 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.672, rank: #7341 (of 10014)
Weighted mean: 6.018 (Decent), rank: #7353 (of 10014) (seen all: 6.13 / won't finish: 3.69)
Bayesian estimate: 6.324 (Decent+), rank: #5944 (of 7550)
Running time: 72 minutes
Vintage: 2009-06-13
Premiere date:
2009-06-13 (Japan)
2010-06-16 (Taiwan)
Release dates: We have 5
Ending Theme:
"生まれ落ちた者へ" by Shigeru Izumiya
Review:
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (Jun 20, 2010)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (Blu-ray) 2011-07-04
DVD (Region 2)
    Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (DVD) 2011-07-04

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii
Storyboard:
Toshihiko Nishikubo
Yoshiki Sakurai
Music: Reiji Kitazato
Original Concept: Mamoru Oshii
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Art Director:
Shūichi Hirata (Taro House)
Animation Director:
Junko Nishimura
Kazuchika Kise
3D Director: Makoto Endō
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Hisashi Ezura
Executive producer: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Producer: Mamoru Oshii

2D Work:
Chie Nishitani
Chieko Ono
Makiko Yamazaki
2nd Key Animation:
Akihiko Sano (Wish)
Akiko Itagaki (Wish)
Asami Gouda (GoHands)
Haruyo Nebu (Production I.G)
Hidekazu Ebina (Wish)
Kanami Nakao (Hal Film Maker)
Manami Itō (Hal Film Maker)
Megumi Matsumoto (Doga Kobo)
Nobushige Inoshita (Doga Kobo)
Sachiko Suzuki (GoHands)
Saihō Hari (Wish)
Takahiro Inoue (Wish)
Tetsurō Nireki (Wish)
Tomoaki Mimiura (Production I.G)
Xiang Chun Zhao (Production I.G)
Yōko Iizuka (Seigasha)
Yuki Toki (GoHands)
3D Animation:
Chiori Satou
Hidekatsu Uemura
Kōsei Suzuki (IKIF+)
Manabu Kobayashi
Naruhiro Baba
Noriki Tsukamoto
Shin'ya Sugai
Taichi Kimura
Yuta Seo (IKIF+)
3D Character Design:
Hidekatsu Uemura
Kumiko Yusa
3D Manager: Naoaki Chida
Appearance: Rintarou Hariu
Background Art:
Cuc Nguyen (Bihou, Inc.)
Hiromasa Ogura (Ogura Kobo)
Hoang Nguyen (Bihou, Inc.)
Kazuhiro Kinoshita
Ken Arai (Bihou, Inc.)
Koji Eto (Studio Easter)
Masaru Satō (Bihou, Inc.)
Shinji Katahira (Studio Arkansas)
Tomomi Morikawa (Bihou, Inc.)
Ung Tran (Bihou, Inc.)
Camera: Setsuko Nakajima
Co-Producer:
Shigeji Maeda (Rakueisha)
Tatsuya Mukai (Rakueisha)
Color design: Kumiko Yusa
Color Design Assistant:
Kazu Doi
Yuka Takeda
Compositing Director: Hisashi Ezura
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Editing Assistant: Yoshinori Murakami
Finish Animation:
Aiko Mizuno
Akiyuki Hatanaka (Studio Targe)
Atsuko Ito (Wish)
Ayae Ogasawara (Studio Targe)
Chiharu Koutaki
Daiki Egusa (Wish)
Emi Okumura (Studio Targe)
Emiko Okui (Wish)
Emiko Ueno (Production I.G)
Fujiko Oomori (Production I.G)
Fusako Nakao (Wish)
Hisashi Koyanagi (Studio Targe)
Hitomi Yamase (Wish)
Katsumi Oshima (Production I.G)
Kazumi Hosokawa (Studio Targe)
Kotomi Itayama (Studio Targe)
Kumiko Akahori (Studio Targe)
Kumiko Satō (Production I.G)
Maki Ōmoto (Wish)
Manami Sasa (Wish)
Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G)
Mayumi Satō (Production I.G)
Mie Hasegawa (Wish)
Mitsuhiro Narasaki (Wish)
Miyuki Satō (Wish)
Miyuki Tanimoto (Wish)
Naoki Fukutani (Production I.G)
Naoki Ishikawa (Wish)
Naoko Miyahara (Studio Targe)
Naoko Sunahara (Wish)
Narumi Sakai (Production I.G)
Reika Yoneyama (Production I.G)
Ryusuke Minami (Studio Targe)
Saeko Kushima (Wish)
Sayaka Yamashita (Wish)
Sayoko Noda (Production I.G)
Tōji Tsuchiya (Studio Targe)
Tomoko Takahashi (Wish)
Tomomi Ishihara
Toshiyuki Ito (Studio Targe)
Yoko Chiba (Wish)
Yoshiki Ito (Wish)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish)
Yūko Fujita (Production I.G)
Yuko Sato
Yuri Okada (Production I.G)
Yuu Takahashi (Wish)
Hair And Makeup: Chikaku Ueno
HD Production Coordination: Miyako Okamoto (IMAGICA)
Illustration: Tetsuya Nishio
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Murayama (Production I.G)
Arifumi Imai (Production I.G)
Arisa Kajiyama (Studio Gimlet)
Asami Mannen (Production I.G)
Asuka Suzuki (Production I.G)
Atsushi Shibata (柴田篤史, Anime R)
Ayaka Shimoji (A-Line)
Azusa Oikawa (Kino Production)
Harutaka Morishita (Studio Fantasia)
Hijiri Satō (APPP)
Hiroshi Fujii (Studio Mu)
Hitomi Miyazaki (Production I.G)
Hitoshi Katsura (Studio Gimlet)
Ikue Yoshima (Artland)
Izumi Seguchi (Production I.G)
Jun Yamazaki (Artland)
Junko Nishimura
Kaito Senkōji (Anime R)
Kana Fujishiro (Production I.G)
Kana Inao (AI)
Katsuo Izumi (AI)
Kazue Yoshida
Ken Ishizuka (Production I.G)
Kōichi Satō (Production I.G)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Kumiko Numata (Production I.G)
Kyōko Abe (Studio Gimlet)
Mari Sugita (Studio Gimlet)
Mariko Kiyota (A-Line)
Masato Ikeda (A-Line)
Masayuki Honda (Production I.G)
Mayu Ōno (AI)
Megumi Tabuchi (Studio Fantasia)
Megumi Yoshimura (AI)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Misato Furubayashi (Production I.G)
Mitsuhiro Mori (Artland)
Miwa Yukimatsu (Anime R)
Moe Murakami (Artland)
Naho Seike (Production I.G)
Nami Inoue (AI)
Naoko Iiyama (Production I.G)
Naoshige Kotani (Anime R)
Naoya Yamaguchi (Studio Mu)
Nobuki Nakamura (A-Line)
Reina Miyagawa (Studio Gimlet)
Rie Nakagawa (Kino Production)
Riko Morishita (Anime R)
Ritsuko Tanaka
Ryogo Shimizu (Production I.G)
Saki Arakawa (Production I.G)
Saki Hisamatsu (Studio Gimlet)
Satoshi Ichinokawa (Anime R)
Seung-Hee Hong (Gonzo)
Shingo Takenaka (Production I.G)
Shōta Kawaguchi (AI)
Shun He Huang (Gonzo)
Shuuichirou Manabe (A-Line)
Takaaki Hashimoto (Production I.G)
Takashi Furuike (Kino Production)
Takayoshi Yamashita (Studio Fantasia)
Takuma Ebisu (Production I.G)
Takuya Saitō (Production I.G)
Tatsuya Maruyama (Production I.G)
Tatsuya Takahashi (APPP)
Tomoko Satake (Production I.G)
Tomoko Sugata (Production I.G)
Tomoyo Nakayama (Production I.G)
Wataru Chihara (Studio Fantasia)
Yasuhiro Ito (Anime R)
Yasuko Takahashi (Production I.G)
Yoshie Mori (Studio Gimlet)
Yu Imai (APPP)
Yūichirō Ōtsubo (Kino Production)
Yuki Sakaguchi (Production I.G)
Yuki Yokoyama (Production I.G)
Yuri Kusunoki (Artland)
Yuri Naminoue (Production I.G)
Yūsuke Shingū (Studio Mu)
In-Between Supervisor:
Masanari Kanokogi
Yoshihiro Abe
Key Animation:
Fumi Morita
Hiroko Yaguchi
Hiroya Iijima
Hisashi Ezura
Kenichi Ishimaru
Kensuke Ishikawa
Kiichi Takaoka
Kōichi Hashimoto
Kōji Komurakata
Mamiko Nakanishi
Mariko Ishikawa
Masafumi Nomura
Masatsugu Arakawa
Ryota Niino
Shinsuke Terasawa
Shinya Kokaji
Shūjirō Hamakawa
Takaaki Wada
Takahisa Katagiri
Toshiyuki Shirai
Toshiyuki Yahagi
Yasunori Miyazawa
Yasushi Ohara
Yasutaka Kubota
Photography:
Hisashi Ezura
Osamu Fujiishi (J.S.C)
Teru Saitou
Yumiko Nakata
Photography Assistant:
Shigeki Morishita (IMAGICA)
Teppei Kimura
Planning:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Yoko Furukawa
Plug-In Cooperation: Kengo Watanabe
Production Advancement:
Eiji Umehara
Yuko Adachi
Production Assistant:
Eiji Arai
Hironori Takagi
Jun Taniuchi
Makoto Furukawa
Moritake Onuki
Still Coordinator: Satoshi Ochi
Titles: Hiroshi Hirata
Visual Effects:
Teru Saitou
Yumiko Nakata
Takayuki Sugō as Kiichi Inukai

Takeharu Kunimoto as Rōkyoku
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Dōga Kōbō
GoHands
Hal Film Maker
Seigasha
Studio Wombat
SynergySP
Wish
3d Animation: IKIF
Animation Assistance:
Seigasha
Xebec
Animation Production: Production I.G
Art Direction: Taro House
Backgrounds:
Bihou, Inc.
Ogura Kobo
Studio Arkansas
Studio Easter
Digital Film: Imagica
Distributor: Pony Canyon
Finish Animation:
Studio Targe
Wish
Finish Animation Cooperation:
Hayashi
Triple A
union CHO
HD Production Coordination: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AI
AIC Takarazuka
Anime R
APPP
Artland
Asahi Production
Ashi Productions
Buyuu
Daume
G&G Direction
GONZO
Kino Production
SHAFT
Studio Fantasia
Studio Gimlet
Studio Mu
Xebec
Yuhodo
Original Creator: Production I.G
Photography Assistance: Imagica
Production Assistance:
Studio Twinkle
Trance Arts
Production Cooperation: Rakueisha Co., Ltd.
English staff
English cast
(none)
Jonathan Clements as The Professor
English companies
Distributor: Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Executive producer: Dardo Ferrari
Distributor:
Argentina Video Home
Edisur (Chile)
Licensed by: DSX Films (Argentina and Chile)
Spanish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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