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Cast


Teijun Ogawa, Jushoku (resident priest) of Enmyoin Temple, called Enmyoin-san or Ojussan

Seijun Baba, Current Jushoku of Enmyoin, Teijun’s heir

Zoshu Iwasaki, Jushoku Emeritus of Kannon-in, Teijun’s enemy, called Kannon-in in the film

Shugen Baba, Jushoku Emeritus of Sanpo-in, Teijun’s ally, called Sanpo-in or Mr. Baba in the film

Masako Tsutsui, Teijun’s sister

Yoji Morimoto, Teijun’s favorite Taxi driver

Yoshiko Baba, Seijun’s mother

Hanako Yura, Lady Mitsui’s granddaughter

Shiho Tawara, kimono girl #1 from Teijun’s childhood

Reiko Tahara, as herself/ storyteller in the film, also as voice of Zoken Takagi’s wife

Max Uesugi, as himself, also as Kannon-in’s voice in animation sequence

Moie Uesugi, Reiko & Max’s daughter, as herself and as Kimono girl #2

Hiroshi Mizuguchi, liquor-store owner

Toichi Ozeki, Teijun’s carpenter friend

Lori Hiris, as herself, the filmmakers’ good friend/helper

Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Parishioners’ Rep

Other Parishioners
Sumie Nakadai, Shizue Nakayama, Yasuyo Toma, Mitsue Miyamoto, Hisako Takasashi, Kazuko Yamaguchi, Hiroko Jige, Suzuko Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Nagisa, Saori Takahashi

Koya Mountain Priest School (Senshu Gakuin) students

Jikou Takeuchi, Former Superintendent of Koya Mountain Nun School (Niso Gakuin)
Junkou Sakata, Superintendent of Koya Mountain Nun School
Reikou Chiba, Assistant Superintendent

Koya Mountain Nun School Students:
Ryosen Miya, Echo Noda, Keimyo Takano, Eiho Umezawa, Zuishin Maeda

Tetsuya Tsuda, Jushoku of Daimyo-Oh-in Temple on Koya Mountain
Jitsuryo Kawazoe, Steward of Daimyo-Oh-in

Zoken Takagi , Jushoku of Shozo-in Temple (voice only)
Yuriko Takagi, Zoken Takagi’s wife (voice only)

Friends in NY
Eleni Beja, Symon Chow, Billy Gregoriadi, Heather Wood

Nara Big Buddha Tourists
People in Tamano City
People in NY City 

Production Staff
Reiko Tahara co-producer/director, script, editing, camera, animation, fund-raising, translation
Kozo Max Uesugi co-producer/director, camera, sound, original music, sound design, translation
Lori Hiris camera, sound, english consultation (New York FF, Gen Art FF)

Keiko Deguchi advising editor, editor of "The Cats of Mirikitani" (Audience Award at Tribeca FF), "Fur" (dir. Steven Shainberg starring Nicole Kidman), "In A Dream" (Audience Award at 2008 SXSW)

advisors;
Deirdre Boyle, Documentary Historian, Critic, Professor
Alan Berliner, Filmmaker, Creator of "Wide Awake" (Sundance, Berlin, HBO)
Don Quinn Kelley, PhD, Historian, Professor
Jimmy Choi Cum Chuen, Hong Kong Art Film Center, ex-director

consultant
Barbara Ruch, Professor Emerita of Japanese Literature and Culture, Director of Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University

Eleni Beja editor for publicity
Deborah Howard english consultation
Billy Gregoriadis production/technical support
Symon Chow designer for publicity (poster/postcard design)
Bentsi Beberashvili web helper
Ninia Baehr fundraising consultation

The GateKeeper of Enmyoin is partly funded by:

• The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC)

• The National Endowment for the Arts

• The Jerome Foundation

• The New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Program

• The Center for Asian American Media with funds provided by the CPB

• The Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC), Kings County

• The Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc (BAC)

• and private donors

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