- Returner
Infobox Film
name = Returner
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caption = Hong Kong movie poster
director = Takashi Yamazaki
producer =Chikahiro Ando Toru Horibe Akifumi Takuma
writer =Kenya Hirata
Takashi Yamazaki
narrator =
starring =Takeshi Kaneshiro Anne Suzuki
music =Akihiko Matsumoto
cinematography =
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distributor =Columbia TriStar Home Video
released =August 31 ,2002
runtime = 116 min.
country =Japan
language =
budget =
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amg_id = 1:285962
imdb_id = 0339579nihongo|"Returner"|リターナー|Ritana is a 2002 Japanese film, directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starringAnne Suzuki andTakeshi Kaneshiro .Plot
Suzuki plays a soldier from the future sent back in time to stop an incident that led to an alien invasion of Earth and slaughter of the majority of the human race. Kaneshiro's character is a reluctant
hitman that she soon persuades to help her perform her mission.Analaysis
This is the second
film by director Takashi Yamazaki to utilize a number of computer generated visual effects showingbullet time ,mecha and transforming alien ships (including aBoeing 747 that appears to transform into a mechanical dragon-ship with aliens on board). The film shows a clearfilm noir style. The villains in the film are reminiscent of the type ofgangster s depicted inHong Kong -style triad movies. Returner has been faced with accusations of being aderivative work .Cast
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Takeshi Kaneshiro as Miyamoto
*Anne Suzuki as Milly
*Goro Kishitani as Mizoguchi
*Kirin Kiki as XieExternal links
* [http://www.returner.net Official Site] - in Japanese.
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* [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/returner.htm "Returner"] at [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/ LoveHKFilm.com]
* " [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/returner Returner] " atMetaCritic
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