"An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left."
Billy Drago
as Christopher
Youki Kudoh
as Woman
Miho Ninagawa
as Pregnant Woman
Michié
as Komomo
Shihou Harumi
as Laborer #1
Magi
as Laborer #2
Hiroshi Kuze
as Boatman
Miyuki Konno
as Dead Woman
Sachiko Matsuura
as Shamisen Player
Mame Yamada
as Touter
Toshie Negishi
as Madame of the House
Stephen R. Brown
Executive Producer
Takashi Miike
Director
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor
Daisuke Tengan
Teleplay
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Shimako Iwai
Novel
Michiko Kitamura
Costume Designer
Koji Endo
Original Music Composer