Photography:
Hideaki Kikuchi (Tokyo Animation Film)
Hiroko Shinohara (Tokyo Animation Film)
Ichiro Uehara (Tokyo Animation Film)
Toshikazu Komatsu (Tokyo Animation Film)
Yoshinori Kitsugi (Tokyo Animation Film)
Yukie Kadohara (Tokyo Animation Film)

Planning: Keiji Nakazawa

Production Advancement: Michiya Goto

Production Advancement Supervisor: Minoru Terakado

Production manager: Kikuo Futagawa

Recording: Ichiro Tsujii (Aoi Studio)

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Production Manager: Masafumi Mima

Special Effects:
Takao Tanaka
Toshinobu Iizuka
Yuki Okumura

Theme Song Composition: Kitaro

Theme Song Lyrics: Motoko Nanri

Theme Song Performance:
Kumiko Nishiguchi
Motoyoshi Iwasaki

Titles: Taeko Kamiya

Hideki Saijō as Junji

Kae Shimamura as Tomoko Takimura

Keiko Han as Eiko

Takeshi Ōbayashi as Takeshi

Hidekatsu Shibata as Katsuta

Hideyuki Tanaka as Yoshio

Issei Masamune as Shozo

Jōko Ōhara as Hana

Taeko Nakanishi as Yuri Kondō

Tomiko Suzuki as Shinichi Kondō

Eiji Kanie as Foreigner

Hidehiro Kikuchi as Shozo (young)

Jouji Yanami as Foreigner

Kōichi Kitamura as Sasahara

Kōji Yada as Yoshio's Father

Kyōko Tongū as Prostitute

Masaru Ikeda as Ginzo

Ryōichi Tanaka as Demonstrator

Seiko Nakano as Yuri (young)

Yasuo Tanaka as City Council Member

Japanese companies

Animation Assistance:
Kino Production
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Lions
Studio Look
Tama Production
Tiger Production

Animation Production: Tsuchida Production

Background Art Assistance:
Artland
Atelier 11
Studio Take One
Studio Uni
Studio WHO

Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory

Paint Assistance:
Anime World Osaka
Easy World Pro
Kino Production
SHAFT
Sôei
Studio Luck
Studio Runrun
Studio Step

Photography: Tokyo Animation Film

Production:
GEN Productions
Tsuchida Production

Recording Studio: Aoi Studio

Sound Effects: Toyo Sound

Sound Production: Magic Capsule

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