The Earth Asleep
Synopsis
The Earth Asleep is commissioned by HOME, Arts Council England and The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. Supported by University of Salford.
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 80 min
- Director
-
Clara Casian
- Producer
- Bren O'Callaghan
- Editor
- Clara Casian
- Sound
- Jamie Birkett
- Composer
- Robin Richards
- Principal cast
- Monk Eigo Takahashi, Masahiko Haga, Itaru Sasaki, Keiko Iwama, Jotaro Urabe, Takeshi Yuhara
- Epitaph Poem
- Maria M Casian
- Assistant Producer
- Jamie Allan, Alice Wilde
- Production Assistant
- Atsushi Kuwayama
- Colourist
- Dan Parrott
- Translation
- Shigeo Kobayashi, Ann Kobayashi
- Piano
- Chris Illingworth
- Synthesisers
- Robin Richards, Brendan Williams
- Cello
- Margit Van Der Zwan
- Music Mix
- Brendan Williams, Jamie Birkett
- Publisher
- Domino Publishing
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