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Returner is a japonais film of genre Science fiction directed by Takashi Yamazaki released in USA on 17 october 2003 with Takeshi Kaneshiro
Returner (2002)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 october 2003
Length 1h56
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
OriginJapon
Themes Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Gangster films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Rating64%
Returner (リターナー, Ritaanaa) is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film, directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
Synopsis
Milly (Anne Suzuki) is a soldier from 2084, where humanity is on the verge of extinction because of the "Daggra", an alien race. In mankind's final stronghold in Tibet, Milly leaps into a newly built time portal just before the fortress is overrun. The portal sends her to 2002, where her mission is to kill the first Daggra, who faked a crash landing, and stop him from signaling his invasion fleet.Actors
Takeshi Kaneshiro
(Miyamoto)
Anne Suzuki
(Milly)
Kirin Kiki
(Xia)
Chiharu Kawai
(Interpreter)
Mitsu Murata (村田 充)
(Henchman)
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