Returner

Aug 31, 2002

1h 56m

★ 6.5

The future could be history.

Overview

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

Amuse Pictures

Shirogumi

Returner Trailers

Cast

Miyamoto

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Milly

Anne Suzuki

Xia

Kirin Kiki

Mizoguchi

Goro Kishitani

Dr. Yagi

Yukiko Okamoto

Henchman

Mitsu Murata

Henchman

Kisuke Iida

Murakami

Kazuya Shimizu

Interpreter

Chiharu Kawai

Dr. Brown

Dean Harrington

Slave Merchant

Xiaoqun Zhao

Liu Laoban

Masaya Takahashi

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0.0

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5.2

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6.3

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6.7

*batteries not included

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5.9

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6.0

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0.0

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6.1

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