Returner

Returner

116 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Aug. 31, 2002

After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly, travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto, to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi, who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.

Returner

116 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Aug. 31, 2002

Returner
After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly, travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto, to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi, who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Fuji Television Network, Amuse Pictures, Shirogumi
Original title リターナー
Directors Nobutoshi Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki
Writers Kenya Hirata, Takashi Yamazaki

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro

as Miyamoto

Anne Suzuki

as Milly

Kirin Kiki

as Xia

Goro Kishitani

as Mizoguchi

Yukiko Okamoto

as Dr. Yagi

Mitsu Murata

as Henchman

Kisuke Iida

as Henchman

Kazuya Shimizu

as Murakami

Chiharu Kawai

as Interpreter

Dean Harrington

as Dr. Brown

Xiaoqun Zhao

as Slave Merchant

Masaya Takahashi

as Liu Laoban

Kanata Hongo

as Young Miyamoto

Hoshi Ishida

as Shifan

Adeyto

as Future Technician

Kenji Motomiya

as Mizoguchi's Henchman