Cast & crew
The Motive (2004)
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi Written by Nobuhiko Obayashi, Fumio Ishimori
Cast
| Toshie Negishi | Sunagawa |
| Yuko Kotegawa | Katsuko |
| Shin'ya Ohwada | Yoshio |
| Kyusaku Shimada | |
| Masami Hisamoto | Mieko |
| Miyoko Akaza | Takako Higuchi |
| Shingo Yanagisawa | |
| Akaji Maro | Coolie A |
| Mitsutoshi Ishigami | |
| Nenji Kobayashi | Seipel Toura |
| Rinko Kikuchi | |
| Nae Yuuki | Ko-Ko |
| Ryo Kase | Yuji |
| Takahito Hosoyamada | Takarai |
| Jun Fubuki | Shizuko Yamamura |
| Mai Hosho | Toshiko Furuya |
| Miyuki Matsuda | Akie |
| Kiichi Sonobe | |
| Rokusuke Ei | Fusao Ariyoshi |
| Yōko Minamida | Kinue |
| Hiroshi Katsuno | Kichizo Ishida |
| Kin Sugai | Taeko |
| Toru Minegishi | Katsuyuki Inamoto |
| Wakaba Irie | |
| Takuro Atsuki | Takahiro |
| Tatsuo Yamada | Shinji |
| Ittoku Kishibe | Leper's Caretaker |
| Ayumi Ito | Takarai |
| Bengal | Takarai |
| Wakako Shimazaki | |
| Katsuya Koiso | |
| Yuri Nakae | Writer |
| Danshi Tatekawa | Takarai |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | Police Officer |
| Renji Ishibashi | Kazuki Tsumura |
| Eri Watanabe | |
| Aoi Miyazaki | Yukari |
| Yoji Matsuda | Rich |
| Saki Terashima | Nobuko |
| Tsurutaro Kataoka | Kichizo Ishida |
| Takehiro Murata | Chika Ishikawa |
| Tokie Hidari | Takarai |
| Satomi Kobayashi | Atsuko Saegusa |
| Masaru Miyazaki | Naomi |
| Mikako Tabe | Izumi Wataya |
| Akira Emoto | Yoshifumi Akanezaki |
Crew
| Terumichi Yamazaki | Producer |
| Makio Ika | Sound Recordist |
| Yudai Kato | Director of Photography |
| Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |
| Yukihiro Toda | Producer |
| Fumio Ishimori | Screenplay |
| Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
| Kôichi Takeuchi | Production Design |
| Miyuki Miyabe | Novel |
| Ichiro Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Nobuhiko Obayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Tetsuo Ôya | VFX Supervisor |
| Kyōko Ōbayashi | Producer |
| Takeji Sano | Gaffer |
| Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |