Returner

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Returner

Hong Kong movie poster
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Chikahiro Ando
Toru Horibe
Akifumi Takuma
Written by Kenya Hirata
Takashi Yamazaki
Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro
Anne Suzuki
Music by Akihiko Matsumoto
Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video
Release date(s) August 31, 2002
Running time 116 min.
Country Japan
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Returner (リターナー Ritana?) is a 2002 Japanese film, directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro. 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.

This is the second film by director Takashi Yamazaki to utilize a number of computer generated visual effects showing bullet time, mecha and transforming alien ships (including a Boeing 747 that appears to transform into a mechanical dragon-ship with aliens on board). The film shows a clear film noir style. The villains in the film are reminiscent of the type of gangsters depicted in Hong Kong-style triad movies. Despite accusations of it being a derivative work, this film lays the groundwork for later CGI-heavy productions such as Casshern.

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