| Tadanobu Asano | ... | Kuroo Samehada | |
| Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Tanuki | |
| Sie Kohinata | ... | Toshiko Momojiri | |
| Kimie Shingyôji | ... | Mitsuko Fukuda | |
| Susumu Terajima | ... | Sawada | |
| Shingo Tsurumi | ... | Mitsuru Fukuda | |
| Daigaku Sekine | ... | Sakaguchi | |
| Koh Takasugi | ... | Sorimachi | |
| Shingoro Yamada | ... | Taniguchi | |
| Hitoshi Kiyokawa | ... | Maruo | |
| Yôji Tanaka | ... | Asahina (as Boba) | |
| Keisuke Horibe | ... | Inuzuka | |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | ... | Hidari | |
| Kanji Tsuda | ... | Fukazume | |
| Youhachi Shimada | ... | Michio Sonezaki | |
| Tatsuya Gashuin | ... | Yamada | |
| Hisaji Yamano | ... | Shiota | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Satoko Abe | ... | Post Office Worker | |
| Yuka Kinoshita | ... | Prostitute | |
Directed by | |||
| Katsuhito Ishii | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Katsuhito Ishii | writer | |
| Minetaro Mochizuki | comics | |
Produced by | |||
| Hilo Iizumi | .... | executive producer | |
| Kazuto Takida | .... | producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Hiroshi Machida | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Yumiko Doi | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Tomoyuki Maruo | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Kihochi Mori | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Taichi Itô | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Taro Kimura | .... | gaffer | |
Other crew | |||
| Etsuko Minagawa | .... | script supervisor | |
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl was one of the best Japanese films that I have seen in a while. The fast pace, quick cuts, and awesome soundtrack made for a great movie. Not to mention the cool characters and decent plot. Tadanobu Asano wasn't as cool in this movie as he was in Ichi the Killer, but then again who could top anything from that movie. At first I didn't know if I would like the movie, being a fan of older samurai films and not much for no-plot action movies, but I'll have to hand it to this film, because even though the plot was a little main stream (man steals Yakuza money and then the gangsters go after him) the cinematography and the fact that the story wasn't really told in chronological order really made this movie stand out from the stereotypical action movie. The way the director would occasionally slow down or speed up the film, or intentionally put in serious jump-cuts, really added to the feel of the movie. I thought that it was a great movie and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Japanese cinema.