Pyrokinesis (2000)
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Cross Fire (2000)
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Pyrokinesis (クロスファイア Kurosufaia, lit. "Crossfire" or "Cross Fire"[a]) is a Japanese science-fiction crime film directed by Shusuke Kaneko and written by Kaneko, Kota Yamada, and Masahiro Yokotani based on Miyuki Miyabe's 1995 short story "Burnt Offering" and 1998 novel Crossfire. Funded by Toho and TBS and produced by Toho Pictures, it stars Akiko Yada, Hideaki Ito, Hisashi Yoshizawa, and Masami Nagasawa. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on June 10, 2000, and was brought to American DVD by Tokyo Shock on August 26, 2003.[2]
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Staff
- Main article: Pyrokinesis/Credits.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Shusuke Kaneko
- Written by Kota Yamada, Shusuke Kaneko, Masahiro Yokotani
- Based on the stories "Burnt Offering" and Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe
- Executive producers Toru Shibata, Toshiaki Harada
- Produced by Kazuhiko Seta, Hideyuki Honma, Kazuya Hamana, Setsuro Tagami
- Associate producer Noriko Yamazaki
- VFX producer Toshihiro Ogawa
- Music by Kow Otani
- Theme song "The One Thing"
- Written and performed by Every Little Thing
- Arranged and composed by Mitsuru Igarashi
- Cinematography by Kenji Takama
- Edited by Isao Tomita
- Production design by Toshio Miike
- First assistant director Hideaki Murakami
- Special effects makeup designed by Shinichi Wakasa
- Visual effects supervisors Hajime Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Kishimoto, Nobuaki Sugiki
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Akiko Yada as Junko Aoki, office lady and pyrokinetic vigilante
- Hideaki Ito as Kazuki Tada, Aoki's coworker and love interest
- Kaori Momoi as Detective Chikako Ishizu of the Teramachi Police Department
- Ryuji Harada as Detective Yasuaki Makihara of the Teramachi Police Department
- Masami Nagasawa as Kaori Kurata, psychic orphan girl
- Yu Yoshizawa as Koichi Kido, member of the Guardians crime ring
- Hidenori Tokuyama as Masaki Kogure, leader of serial killing gang
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Yoshihiro Hasegawa, chief of the Metropolian Police Department's crime division
- Renji Ishibashi as Eiji Nosaka, chief of the Teramachi Police Department
- Hirotaro Honda as Taizo Kogure, famous social commentator and Kogure's father
- Maya Hamaoka as Yukie Tada, Tada's little sister
- Saori Nakane as young Junko Aoki in flashback
- Mariko Tsutsui as Miyuki Aoki, Aoki's mother in flashback
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Toshimitsu Asaba, journalist for Kobunsha
- Kensuke Miyaji as Ichiro Takada, member of Kogure's gang
- Hideki Morimoto as Jiro Takada, member of Kogure's gang
- Motohide Okawa as Hitoshi Kano, member of Kogure's gang
- TOMO as Uesugi, member of Kogure's gang
- Rumi Kusakabe as Natsuko Mita, Asaba's assistant
- Kaoru Mizuki as Kanzaki, caretaker at Kurata's orphanage
- Shosuke Tanihara as Yutaro Fujiki, Nosaka's subordinate
- Hiromi Suzuki as Makihara's mother
- Kansai Eto, Masahiko Sakata as police detectives
- Miyuki Komatsu as policewoman
- Daikichi Sugawara as orphanage worker
- Ayako Fujitani, Hiromi Goto as restaurant waiters
- Nanako Kaneko, Mie Sakai, Yuko Soda, Mizuki Kanno as Aoki's coworkers
- Minoru Maebara as homeless man in park
- Shinobu Nakayama as Saeki, editorial assistant
- Kenji Mizuhashi as young staff member
- Hiroyuki Miyasako as salesman
- Hajime Yamazaki, Masahiro Komoto as men burning incense
- Koichi Ueda as riot police commander
- Shiro Namiki as police chief
- Norman England as restaurant patron (uncredited)
Appearances
Psychics
- Junko Aoki
- Kaori Kurata
Gallery
- Main article: Pyrokinesis/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Pyrokinesis/Soundtrack.
Development
Production
Marketing
Alternate titles
- Crossfire (literal Japanese title)
- Cross Fire (rendering used in marketing)
Video releases
Toho Video VHS (December 1, 2000)
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Notes: Only available for rental.
DVD Toho DVD (January 25, 2001)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Special features: Audio commentary by Shusuke Kaneko and Hideaki Murakami, making of special effects with Hajime Matsumoto (17 minutes), eight trailers (4 minutes), investigation records (3 minutes), cast and crew biographies
- Notes: A rental version in a keep case was made available in 2000 at the same time as the VHS. The 2001 retail version is packaged in a jewel case and has new disc art, but includes the same content.
Tokyo Shock DVD (August 26, 2003[2])
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Special features: Aforementioned audio commentary, special effects making-of (17:20), trailers (4:57), and biographies; interview with Shusuke Kaneko (19:38); Tokyo Shock advertisements for Versus (1:52) and Kunoichi Lady Ninja (1:53); trailers for Samurai Fiction (1:31) and Pistol Opera (1:44)
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Notes
References
This is a list of references for Pyrokinesis. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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Bibliography
- England, Norman (June 2001). "Caught in the Cross Fire". Fangoria. No. 203. Starlog Group, Inc. ISSN 0164-2111.
- Galbraith, Stuart, IV (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6004-9.
- Kimura, Manabu, ed. (31 March 2022). Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-2779-3.
- "Virtual Pamphlet". Cross-Fire.net (reproduction of theater program). 27 November 2001. Archived from the original on 31 July 2003.
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Pyrokinesis (2000) credits
The following is a transcript of the opening and end credits of Pyrokinesis, the former in both English and Japanese and the latter as translated into English by the Tokyo Shock DVD.
Opening credits
A Toho and TBS co-production
Produced by Toho Pictures, Inc.
Produced by
- Toru Shibata
- Toshiaki Harada
Producers
- Kazuhiko Seta
- Hideyuki Honma
- Kazuya Hamana
- Setsuro Tagami
Screenplay by
- Kota Yamada
- Masahiro Yokotani
- Shusuke Kaneko
Music by
Theme song "The One Thing"
- by Every Little Thing
- (avex trax)
Original story by
- Miyuki Miyabe
Directed by
- Shusuke Kaneko
"PYROKINESIS"
Akiko Yada
Hideaki Ito
Ryuji Harada
Masami Nagasawa
(5th Toho Cinderella)
Yu Yoshizawa
Hidenori Tokuyama
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Kaori Momoi
東宝株式会社
東宝・TBS提携作品
製作 東宝映画
製作
- 柴田 徹
- 原田俊明
プロデューサー
- 瀬田一彦
- 本間英行
- 濱名一哉
- 田上節朗
脚本
- 山田耕大
- 横谷昌宏
- 金子修介
音楽
- 大谷 幸
主題歌「The One Thing」
- Every Little Thing
- (avex trax)
原作
- 宮部みゆき
監督
- 金子修介
クロスファイア
矢田亜希子
伊藤英明
原田龍二
長澤まさみ
（第5回東宝シンデレラ）
吉沢 悠
徳山秀典
永島敏行
桃井かおり
End credits
Cast
- Akiko Yada
- Hideaki Ito
- Ryuji Harada
- Masami Nagasawa
- Yu Yoshizawa
- Hidenori Tokuyama
- Renji Ishibashi
- Hirotaro Honda
- Maya Hamaoka
- Mariko Tsutsui
- Yukijiro Hotaru
- Kensuke Miyaji
- Hideki Morimoto
- Tomohide Okawa
- TOMO
- Tamami Kusakabe
- Miyuki Komatsu
- Kan Eto
- Kaoru Mizuki
- Nanako Kaneko
- Orikichi Sugawara
- Hiromi Goto
- Masahiko Sakata
- Mizuki Kanno
- Mie Sakai
- Yuko Soda
- Saori Nakane
- Minoru Maehara
- Toru Kodama
- Hakobu Okubo
- Akira Matsuda
- Kojun Ito
- Kasumi Takahashi
- Junichi Kubozono
- Hiromi Suzuki
- Rie Iwai
- Motoko Nagino
- Koichi Ishida
- Masahiro Noguchi
- Kento Shibuya
- Noriko Kojima
- Yoko Goto
- Yuka Yoneyama
- Miwa Koike
- Yasuko Fukuda
- Mika Minami
- Tasuku Amagishi
- Koji Hoshina
- Katsuhisa Hirai
- Masayoshi Takeshima
- Masami Kobayashi
- Jun Fukuzawa
- Shun Hirosawa
- Yutaka Sato
- Masayuki Sekine
- Toshiya Kumagai
- Yousuke Mochizuki
- Mika Shimizu
- Stunts
- Masayoshi Deguchi
- Hiroki Takano
- Hiroo Sawa
- Aoi Nodaka
- Tateki Matsuura
- Kenichiro Tamayori
- Hideyuki Inoue
- Kenji Shimozaki
- Hoei Project
- SAM
- Gekidan Himawari
- Theater Academy
- Gekidan Tohri
- Shosuke Tanihara
- Shinobu Nakayama
- Kenji Mizuhashi
- Ayako Fujitani
- Hiroyuki Miyasako
- Hajime Yamazaki
- Masahiro Komoto
- Koichi Ueda
- Shiro Namiki
- Toshiyuki Nagashima
- Kaori Momoi
Executive producer
- Toru Shibata
- Toshiaki Harada
Producer
- Kazuhiko Seta
- Hideyuki Honma
- Kazuya Hamana
- Setsuro Tagami
Original story
- Miyuki Miyabe
Screenwriter
- Kota Yamada
- Masahiro Yokotani
- Shusuke Kaneko
Photography
- Kenji Takama
Art
Recording
- Kazuo Miyauchi
Lighting
- Kaoru Saito
Editor
- Isao Tomita
Casting director
- Tadao Tanaka
Chief assistant director
- Hideaki Murakami
Production manager
- Koji Maeda
Music
Music producer
- Kyoko Kitahara
Music mixer
- Toshiyuki Yoshida
Music editor
- Kazunori Shimizu
Soundtrack
- Nippon Columbia
Theme song "The One Thing" (avex trax)
- Lyrics
- Every Little Thing
- Composer / arranger
- Makoto Igarashi
- Performer
- Every Little Thing
Visual effects
- Toshihiro Ogawa
Visual effects supervisor
- Hajime Matsumoto
- Yoshiyuki Kishimoto
- Nobuaki Sugiki
Assistant director
- Makoto Kumazawa
- Nozomu Aida
- Toshifumi Shimizu
Assistant of photography
- Motonobu Kiyoku
- Takeshi Oki
- Kosuke Yamada
- Miho Shinyako
Timing
- Yutaka Murata
Recording assistant
- Eisho Taira
- Takashi Kuno
- Shinichi Toyoda
Lighting assistant
- Takayuki Kawabe
- Tsuyoshi Kage
- Keiji Kato
- Atsushi Ogasawara
- Soshi Sato
- Bokuro Kondo
Lighting equipment
- Hiroyuki Futami
Key grip
- Shuichi Kimoto
- Tomoya Kamata
Assistant art director
- Masato Inatsuki
- Yoshiyuki Kasuga
- Chieko Hashiyama
- Maki Kobayashi
Decorator
- Shigeru Kawaguchi
Set decorator
- Masaharu Maeda
Prop master
- Ayako Akitaya
- Genichi Taniguchi
- Masataka Urana
- Reira Sugimoto
Wire operator
- Satoshi Narumi
- Makoto Funabashi
Special effects
- Tadaaki Watanabe
- Osamu Kume
- Katsumi Nakajo
- Akira Kanno
- Yusen Takagi
Special makeup designer
Special makeup artist
- Fumihiko Yagi
- Makoto Morita
- Kakusei Fujiwara
- Shigemasa Yoshida
- Akira Yamada
Special creator
Wardrobe
- Ikuko Saito
- Junko Tsuchiya
Makeup artist
- Izumi Matsushita
- Hiroe Sato
Still cameraman
- Katsuhiko Kudo
Assistant editor
- Koji Hara
Negative cutter
- Ayumu Ishikawa
Sound effects assistant
- Hiromi Ogawa
- Youichi Nishimura
Sound adjustment engineer
- Seiji Tara
- Naoto Takeshima
- Miki Nomura
Computer graphics
- Fumio Araki
- Manabu Niwa
- Tetsuo Maeda
Digital effects
- Takashi Kawabata
- Hideki Chiba
- Masako Onoue
Digital I_O coordinator
- Ikue Yamamichi
Digital I_O
- Yoshihito Kinoshita
- Akihiro Obuchi
Optical effects
- Keiji Igarashi
- Atsushi Sasaki
Stunt coordinator
- Keiji Tsuji
Cast management
- Shirou Kido
Assistant producer
- Noriko Yamazaki
Project cooperation
- Koji Makita
- Genjiro Kaneko
Production assistant
- Naohiro Hawada
- Toshimasa Ishii
- Yasuo Kobayashi
- Katsuyoshi Nakajima
- Takuyuki Matsuno
Sound effects
- Hideyo Sasaki
Scriptwriter
- Kazumi Matsuzawa
Thanks to
- Kobunsha
- Mos Burger
- OIOI
- Yokohama Dreamland
- Fuji Film
- Earlbrian
- EVI Audio Japan
- Ohira Special Effects
- Mazuru-cho, Hanagawa
- Canon
- Kanezuru Shoji
- Kenwood
- Hoeishinsha
- Compro
- Shimada Production
- JOMO Net Kanto
- Step
- Superdrivers
- Daikin Industry CG Group
- Takatsu Soshoku Bijusu
- Tsudoh Hobou
- Tiack
- Toei Kensetsu
- Toyo Onkyo
- Tomita Laboratory
- Nihon Eizo Creative
- Nihon Effect Center
- High_Light
- Hankyu Cargo Service
- Big X
- Visaruno
- Fair Right Japan
- Heavy Moon
- Hotel Edomont
- Pororokka Seijo-ten
- Midoriyama Studio City
- Soutokki
- MONSTERS
- Minister of Postal Service
- Replica
- Tokyo Laboratory, Ltd.
- Toho E_B Co., Ltd.
- Toho Sound Studio
- Toho Music Corporation
- Toho Costume
- Toho Studios
Director
- Shusuke Kaneko
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Pyrokinesis (2000) soundtrack
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Cross Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (「クロスファイア」オリジナルサウンドトラック "Kurosufaia" Orijinaru Saundotorakku, lit. ""Crossfire" Original Soundtrack") is the soundtrack to the 2000 film Pyrokinesis, composed by Kow Otani. It was released by Nippon Columbia on June 21, 2000.
Tracks
- "Title"
- "Bad Feeling"
- "Terror"
- "Beginning of Tragedy"
- "Age of Insanity"
- "Unpunished Crime"
- "A Grim Determination"
- "Forbidden Power"
- "Desperate Desire"
- "Sorrowful Power"
- "The Chosen Psychics"
- "Hammer of Justice"
- "Angry Action"
- "To the Plaza"
- "Deep Sorrow"
- "Inexplicable Event"
- "The Girl, Junko Aoki"
- "Fateful Meeting"
- "In the Snow"
- "Each Desire"
- "Sorrowful Confession"
- "A Large, Dangerous Trap"
- "cross fire"
- "Goddess of Century's End"
- "Judgement of Heinous Crime"
- "Goodbye"
- "Eternal Flame"
- "Cross Fire Epilogue"
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