DIRECTOR
Raito NIshizaka
Michael Williams
BOOM OPERATOR
Janni Olsson
PRODUCER
Christopher McCombs
Haku Inko
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Bob Werley
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Koto Katayama
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Masahito Kawahata
FIGHT COORDINATOR
Justin Leeper
PROPS
Kristi Woodward
Karen Callahan
Shizuka Anderson
ASSISTANT PRODUCER
Masaco Yamamoto
Karen Callahan
VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Williams
Riot DeLuca
LEAD HAIR AND MAKE UP
Hanako Ishii
HAIR AND MAKEUP
Kaori Mori
Aya Hirakawa
Maki Takatori
Naoko Saito
Kazumi Nanbu
VIDEO EDITOR
Michael Williams
GRAPHICS AND COLORIST
Raito Nishizaka
SOUND EDITOR
Takahiro Nomiya
SUBTITLING
Christopher McCombs
Jeff Cisneros
Heather Payer-Smith
Eda Sterner
TRANSLATION
Masahito Kawahata
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Yukito Komine
Director Raito NIshizaka
Raito Nishizaka was born in 1985 in Fukushima, Japan. He studied film at Nikkatsu Visual Arts Academy. While studying he began working on a short film called "Like Back Then" that was an official selection for the West Tokyo Film Festival. Raito currently works freelance for several Japanese film and television productions while making "The Benza".
Director Michael Williams
Michael Williams was born in 1990 in England. He studied film at Birmingham City University. He moved to Japan in 2015. During his time in Japan, he has worked on multiple short film and TV projects, including “One Step” and “I Just Wanted to See You”. Both of which went on to receive multiple festival screenings and award wins.
