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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Jack Clough

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Lily Brazier ... (additional material)
Asim Chaudhry ... (contributing writer)
Allan Mustafa
Steve Stamp

Cast (in credits order)  

Allan Mustafa ... MC Grindah
Hugo Chegwin Hugo Chegwin ... DJ Beats
Steve Stamp Steve Stamp ... Steves
Asim Chaudhry ... Chabuddy G
Lily Brazier Lily Brazier ... Miche
Ken Yamamura ... Taka
Ayumi Ito ... Ishika
Nero Huang ... Yuta
George Keywood ... Craig
Qyoko Kudo ... Mio Azuma
Kazuhiro Muroyama ... Kaito
Hitomi Sono Hitomi Sono ... Miki
Sadao Ueda ... Hiroto
Daniel Sylvester Woolford Daniel Sylvester Woolford ... Decoy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anri Anri ... KPP Background Dancer
Ruth Bratt Ruth Bratt ... Roche
Susanne Brown ... Ten Pin Bowler
Wolpis Carter Wolpis Carter ... Performer at Concert
Cao Cooc Cao Cooc ... Ritsu
Olivia Jasmine Edwards Olivia Jasmine Edwards ... Angel Zografos
Akinori Funabashi Akinori Funabashi ... Machine Man
Nino Furuhata ... TV Host
Mitsutoshi Hamazaki Mitsutoshi Hamazaki ... Taxi Driver
Megan Heffernan ... Air Stewardess
Junya Hiraga Junya Hiraga ... Bang Boy
Kikuo Ichikawa Kikuo Ichikawa ... Hotel Businessman
Shun Ishida Shun Ishida ... Shiro
Takashi Kajiya Takashi Kajiya ... Bang Boy
Kanna Kanna ... KPP Background Dancer
Eugene Lin Eugene Lin ... Japanese game show contestant
Kanako Nakano Kanako Nakano ... Hotel Staff
Keiji Oda Keiji Oda ... Bang Boy
Ben Pailthorpe Ben Pailthorpe
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kyary Pamyu Pamyu ... Performer at Concert
Rena Rena ... KPP Background Dancer
Uga Uga ... KPP Background Dancer
Tadashi Watanabe Tadashi Watanabe ... Security Man
Wong Charlie Wong Charlie ... Flight passenger (uncredited)
Kimberly Collison ... Dr. Connolly (uncredited)
Michael Ukandu Michael Ukandu ... Arguing Van Buyer (uncredited)

Produced by 

Shane Allen ... executive producer
Ash Atalla ... executive producer
Rose Garnett ... executive producer
Sam Gordon ... development executive
Mitsutoshi Hamazaki ... line producer
Jane Hooks ... co-producer
Claire Jones ... producer
Christos Michaels ... executive producer
Jon Petrie ... executive producer
Tim Sealey ... producer

Cinematography by 

Matthew Wicks

Editing by 

Gareth Heal

Casting By 

Catherine Willis

Production Design by 

Anna Sheldrake

Art Direction by 

James Cross ... standby art director
Sophie Lockwood

Costume Design by 

Leonie Hartard

Makeup Department 

Maisie Caen-Reilly ... crowd hair and makeup artist
Claudia Cavalli ... cast and crowd makeup artist (as Claudia Cavalli Cook)
Roxana Habibi ... makeup designer
Nikki Hughes ... makeup artist
Mari Idaka ... additional assistant hair and make-up artist: Japan unit
Laura Martin-Brooks ... makeup and hair trainee
Mayuri Ogura ... assistant hair and make-up artist: Japan unit
Yuka Shimizu ... assistant hair and make-up artist: Japan unit
Sally Watterston ... hair & makeup supervisor / key hair stylist / key makeup artist

Production Management 

Charlotte Dean ... post-production supervisor
Gisela Evert ... post-production supervisor
Meg Igarashi ... Production Assistant: Japan Unit
Masaya Kubota ... Production Assistant: Japan Unit
Alex Molden ... production manager
Cornelius Morpeth ... unit manager
Mao Nagakura ... Production Manager: Japan
Georgina Pope ... Head of Production: Japan
Moe Sugawara ... Production Coordinator: Japan
Shiho Tochihara ... Unit Manager: Japan Unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Alexandra Beahan ... third assistant director
Lori Brown ... Base 3rd Assistant Director (as Lori Emily Brown)
Noel Corbally ... key second assistant director
Luc Gavigan ... crowd second assistant director
Zak Harney ... third assistant director crowd
Usman Kawazoe ... cast PA: Japan unit
Adam Lock ... first assistant director
Tadahide Miyamoto ... additional assistant director: Japan unit
Ryôhei Mizuno ... floor runner: Japan unit
Mon Takada ... first assistant director: Japan unit

Art Department 

Paul Betts ... storeman
Jamie Brown ... carpenter
Simon Buret ... prop master
Lucy Fuest ... graphic designer
Aaron Gilbert ... set dresser
Damon Graham ... rigger
Neil Griffiths ... digital graphic supervisor
Callum Haden ... set dresser
Chinami Hata ... assistant art director: Japan unit
Stephen Hunt ... Chargehand Standby Props
Hisataka Igarashi ... additional art department labor: Japan unit
Katsuya Imai ... Art Department Casual
Jason Jameson ... rigger
Tom Janaway ... stand by props / stand-by props
Jimmy Lloyd ... rigger
Emily Meech ... production buyer
Kumi Mori ... set decorator: Japan unit
Yui Nakagawa ... additional art department labor: Japan unit
Nanami Okumura ... graphic designer: Japan unit
Ryuichi Ootsuka ... additional art department labor: Japan unit
Seb Palmer ... carpenter
Emily Patterson ... petty cash buyer
Steve Patterson ... construction manager
Erion Pemaj ... hod rigger
Yuichi Shibata ... additional art department labor: Japan unit
Masami Tanaka ... art director: Japan unit
Shiori Uchida ... set dresser: Japan unit
James Vooght ... pm for construction dept
Dale Walters ... props: dailies
Yuko Watanabe ... additional art department labor: Japan unit
Sasha Webster ... art department assistant
Mark Rudd ... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Nick Baldock ... adr mixer
Antony Bayman ... sound effects editor
Joshua Tot Carr ... 2nd assistant sound
Shinpei Harakawa ... sound assistant: Japan unit
Gareth Rhys Jones ... foley artist
Emma Meaden ... boom operator
Shiho Miyazawa ... boom operator: Japan unit
Gwilym Perry ... foley editor
Julien Pirrie ... foley mixer
Jamie Roden ... Supervising sound editor / re-recording mixer
Johnathan Rush ... re-recording mixer
Philip Shacklady ... foley assistant
Tatjana Tasic ... mix technician
David Turner ... sound mix facility head of department
Stu Wright ... production sound mixer
Peter Warnock ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Timothy P. Jones ... digital film bureau
Joshua Lake ... digital compositor

Stunts 

Ian Kay ... stunt coordinator
Alan Leong ... stunt performer
Haruka Ohshima ... stunt performer
Hollie Tu ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Lea Aubigne ... camera trainee
Harry Bennett-Snewin ... digital imaging technician
Jeremy Braben ... aerial director of photography
Monique Green ... additional camera assistant: Japan unit
Keita Hagiwara ... additional lighting assistant: Japan unit
Nathan Hockridge ... Video Assistant: Japan Unit
Kaoru Imafuku ... data uploader: Japan unit
Makoto Ishizuka ... additional lighting assistant: Japan unit
Yosuke Kakizawa ... video projection: Japan unit
Yulia Kikuchi ... b camera 1st assistant: Japan unit
Asia Kilgallon ... camera assistant: b cam (as Asia Rose Kilgallon)
Adam Lawrence ... stills photographer
Valentin Le Glaunec ... camera assistant: "a" camera
Jack Lightfoot ... camera trainee
Jason Martin ... rigging gaffer
Kyle McCloskey ... Data Wrangler / data wrangler: Japan unit
Kev McFadden ... gennie operator (as Kevin McFadden)
Yuka Minami ... c camera 2nd assistant: Japan unit
Masataka Nakamura ... additional lighting assistant: Japan unit
Nobuaki Onozuka ... lighting assistant: Japan unit
Yasutaka Orita ... video projection: Japan unit
Asumi Sako ... c camera operator/a camera 1st assistant: Japan unit
Ko Sato ... lighting assistant: Japan unit
Ed Smith ... gaffer (as Edd Smith)
Robbie Smith ... electrician
Jordan Spencer ... electrician
Jun Tanaka ... gaffer: Japan unit
Shinji Tomoyasu ... additional lighting assistant: Japan unit
Alistair Upcraft ... camera operator
Vinod Vijayasankaran ... c camera assistant: Japan unit
Takumi Watanabe ... video projection: Japan unit
Tsubasa Watanabe ... c camera 3rd assistant: Japan unit
Paul Wellstead ... hod rigging electrician
Oliver Whickman ... best boy

Casting Department 

Carla Bartley ... extras casting
Sadami Hwang ... extras casting coordinator: Japan unit
Yôko Narahashi ... Japan / casting director: Japan unit
Takashi Sekiya ... assistant extras casting coordinator: Japan unit
Kazuhito Tsutsumi ... assistant casting director: Japan unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Eryl Davies ... costume trainee
Mayumi Fujita ... kimono dresser: Japan unit
Alex Hardman ... costume standby
Tomomi Higuchi ... wardrobe department coordinator: Japan unit
Kae Ho ... costume department coordinator
Melanie Hope ... costume standby
Kanako Idei ... costumer: Japan unit
Yayoi Koike ... costumer: Japan unit
Hitomi Matsuno ... additional costume department labor: Japan unit
Leena Mistry ... assistant costume designer
Miki Nonaka ... additional costume department labor: Japan unit
Azuna Saito ... seamstress: Japan unit
Sinead Skinner ... costume supervisor
Anzu Yahagi ... costumer: Japan unit

Editorial Department 

Sara Buxton ... assistant colourist
Maria Chamberlain ... digital colourist
Zoe Cousins ... digital film bureau
Rob Farris ... digital intermediate head of production
Lawrence Hook ... digital intermediate technical supervisor
Emma Liu ... digital intermediate producer
Alexander Phillips ... digital intermediate assistant
Finlay Reid ... assistant colourist
Chris Ricketts ... assistant editor
Caroline Rowlands ... assistant editor
Valentina Rutigliano ... on-line editor
Shaheen Schleifer ... post production coordinator
Daniel Tomlinson ... digital on-line editor
Mark Williams ... additional editor

Location Management 

Alex Bird ... location assistant
Daragh Coghlan ... location manager
Jeremy DeCoursey ... location scout
Yoko Maegawa ... Location Manager: Japan Unit
Hannah McCarthy ... assistant location manager
Daisei Susami ... Location Manager: Japan Unit

Music Department 

Alex Hancock ... music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department 

Nicolette Blenkinsop ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Garry Abbott ... minibus driver
Giovanni Boffa ... catering van driver
Glenn Brazier ... unit driver
Katsuhiro Furuya ... driver: Japan unit
Vilma Gineitype ... unit driver
Toru Hayakawa ... Transportation Coordinator: Japan Unit
Natsuki Hiratsuka ... driver: Japan unit
Motoki Ichikura ... driver: Japan unit
Yuji Ikegami ... driver: Japan unit
Kiyonori Kawashima ... driver: Japan unit
Nobuhiro Kikuchi ... driver: Japan unit
Toru Kotani ... Transport Company Manager: Japan Unit
Akio Okuda ... driver: Japan unit
Huseyin Pehlivan ... transportation captain
Tony Pullicino ... unit driver
Raj Rai ... minibus driver
Heath Reid ... transportation / unit driver
Takuya Sakai ... driver: Japan unit
Seiki Shibata ... driver: Japan unit
Hiroyuki Shimada ... driver: Japan unit
Seijiro Yamaguchi ... driver: Japan unit
Naoto Yokoyama ... Transportation Captain: Japan Unit

Additional Crew 

Daniele Alfano ... assistant production coordinator
John Allerton ... medic
Geraldine Atlee ... head of legal and business affairs: BBC
Neama Batichi ... production secretary
Lisa Birch ... diving services coordinator
Phillip Burse ... medic
Samantha Choat ... crowd pa
Maya Day ... assistant choreographer: Japan unit
Helen de Winter ... completion guarantor
Tim Deegan ... health and safety advisor
Warren Djanogly ... production accountant
Giles Dumper ... aerial helicopter pilot
Charles Edwards ... clearances coordinator
Shaun Emery ... insurance broker
Jon Gardiner ... head chef
Justin Gardiner ... catering manager
Ade Gorst ... Water Safety (as Adrian Gorst)
Alan Guyett ... chef
Paras Haj ... production accountant
Paul Harris ... choreographer
Andy Harriss ... health and safety advisor
Andy Hassall ... facilities hod
Robert Hatton ... production runner
Ken Hirama ... stills photographer: Japan unit
Greg Howard ... facilities manager
Meg Igarashi ... Production Assistant: Japan Unit
Yasuko Ishiwata ... Assistant Production Accountant: Japan Unit
Puna James ... cashier
Saeko Kawamura ... Production Accountant: Japan Unit
Kate Lee ... publicist
Ayako Migiyama ... on set nurse: Japan unit
Mac Montero ... key floor runner
Richard Morrison ... titles designer
Dylan Nicholson ... floor runner
Hiroshi Noda ... Meal Coordinator: Japan Unit
Lara Oheimer ... production coordinator
Minnie Mao Okuno ... Accommodations Coordinator: Japan Unit
Martin Parker ... 1st assistant accountant
Paras Parker ... production accountant
Martin Poultney ... Commercial Manager Goldcrest Post Production
Sam Purnell ... Diver/Filtration
David Shaw ... diving services supervisor
David Steer ... facilities driver
Fumi Sugimoto ... Craft Coordinator: Japan Unit (as Fumiya Sugimoto)
Etsuko Suzuki ... on set nurse: Japan unit
Kazumi Takebayashi ... on set nurse: Japan unit
Richard Taylor ... travel agent
Dean Wares ... titles designer
Ryan Westington ... crowd pa
Mike Woodley ... aviation coordinator

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