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Returner

Returner

The future could be history.

20026.51h 56m

Overview

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Written by Kenya Hirata, Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Chikahiro Ando, Akifumi Takuma, Toru Horibe
Box Office0Revenue: $73K

Top Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Miyamoto

Anne Suzuki

Anne Suzuki

Milly

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Xia

Goro Kishitani

Goro Kishitani

Mizoguchi

Y

Yukiko Okamoto

Dr. Yagi

Mitsu Murata

Mitsu Murata

Henchman

Kisuke Iida

Kisuke Iida

Henchman

Kazuya Shimizu

Kazuya Shimizu

Murakami

Chiharu Kawai

Chiharu Kawai

Interpreter

D

Dean Harrington

Dr. Brown

Themes & Keywords

time travelalien life-form

About Returner

Returner is a action, adventure, science fiction film released in 2002 exploring themes of time travel, alien life-form. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki. A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.

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