Cast & crew
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano Written by Takeshi Kitano
Cast
| Takeshi Kitano | Machisu |
| Kanako Higuchi | Sachiko |
| Yûrei Yanagi | Young Machisu |
| Kumiko Aso | Young Sachiko |
| Akira Nakao | Risuke Kuramochi |
| Ren Osugi | Tomisuke Kuramochi |
| Mariko Tsutsui | Haru Kuramochi |
| Aya Enjoji | Tomisuke's Wife |
| Eri Tokunaga | Mari Kuramochi |
| Masatô Ibu | Akio Kikuta |
| Nao Omori | Art Dealer |
| Bobby Ologun | Boxer |
| Eri Fuse | Woman in the Shopping District |
| Takeshi Ōbayashi | President of Kuramochi's Business Partner |
| Beat Kiyoshi | Man at the Construction Site |
| Takashi Nishina | Takanawa |
| Mansaku Fuwa | Farmer Pushing a Light Truck |
| Susumu Terajima | Yakuza Pimp |
| Umi Yamano | |
| Kei Sunaga | |
| Mari Hayashida | Mie |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Male Prostitute |
| Kaoru Sawayama | Nurse |
| Kenichi Abe | Police Officer |
| Makoto Araki | |
| Makoto Ôtake | Oden Shop's Father |
| Yuki Kazamatsuri | Snack Mama |
| Natsumi Seto | |
| Shoken Kunimoto | Debt Collector |
| Matazo Mimata | Mata |
| Miki Hayashida | Passenger |
| Naomasa Musaka | Newspaper Shop's Father |
Crew
| Takeshi Kitano | Director |
| Takio Yoshida | Producer |
| Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Norihiro Isoda | Production Design |
| Takeshi Kitano | Screenplay |
| Masayuki Mori | Producer |
| Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects Editor |
| Senji Horiuchi | Sound Designer |
| Takeshi Kitano | Editor |
| Yamato Saito | Production Manager |
| Hitoshi Takaya | Lighting Director |
| Yoshinori Ota | Editor |