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Kento Matsunami as Akira Oniwa & Billy Chengary as Scott Dahse practice karate

Kento Matsunami & Billy Chengary

Akiko Shima as Hiroko Oniwa moderates tension between Kento Matsunami's Akira & Naoyuki Ikeda's Takashi

Kento Matsunami, Akiko Shima, & Naoyuki Ikeda

Akiko Shima as Hiroko counsels Naoyuki Ikeda's Takeshi

Naoyuki Ikeda & Akiko Shima

John Beam as Todd Dahse meets Kento Matsunami

Kento Matsunami & John Beam

Marisa Baldwin-Woodhouse as Ms. Hensel teaches Kento Matsunami's Akira & Caleb Jablonicky's Alan a theater game

Kento Matsunami, Caleb Jablonicky,

& Marisa Baldwin-Woodhouse

Alec Boyd as Martin flounders during the theater game

Alec Boyd

Dawn Funnel as Shavon & Maggi Crawmer as Lisa wisecrack about Akira

Dawn Funnell & Maggi Crawmer

When Kevin Stark as Kirk declines to help the heroes, Netta Dorsey's Susan steps in

L to R:  Lucía Rodriguez-Nelson, Kento Matsunami, Billy Chengary, Kevin Stark, & Netta Dorsey

Hadwat Sankari's mother bonds with son (Saleem Soden)

Saleem Soden & Hadwat Sankari

Alexander Xiong as Akira in a flashback

Credits

Written, Directed, & Edited by STEVEN HEIL

Produced by DOUGLAS HEIL & DIANE VLAJCIC HEIL

Cinematography by NATHANIEL HABAN, DEREK SCHMITT

Production Design & Costume Supervision by EVE FUNNELL

Original Score by ASUKA ITO

Casting by SARAH CLARK

 

Production Manager  MARK WINTER

 

Co-Producer  NAOYUKI IKEDA

Co-Producer  IRIS JACOBSON

Co-Producer  RUBIN WHITMORE II

 

First Assistant Director  PAUL MAYNE

First Assistant Director / Second Assistant Director  MATT SCHULZ

Second Assistant Director  BRIANA NOFFKE

 

Cast

 

Akira Oniwa                            KENTO MATSUNAMI

Elizabeth Ayers                       LUCÍA RODRIGUEZ-NELSON

Scott Dahse                             BILLY CHENGARY

Takashi Oniwa                         NAOYUKI IKEDA

Hiroko Oniwa                          AKIKO SHIMA

Bryony Ellery                           NATALIE DUCH

Dylan Dehler                           ROBERT CAEZ

Ms. Hensel                              MARISA BALDWIN-WOODHOUSE

Mr. Fisker                                JOHN KOKER

Jennifer Dahse                        SUZANNE JOHNSON

Todd Dahse                             JOHN BEAM

Zach Braun                              VIC VELAZQUEZ

Chad Parker                            BRANDON CLARK

Kirk (Librarian)                        KEVIN STARK

Justine (Mean Girl)                 DAKOTA RAEN ROBBINS

Kim (Mean Girl)                      JACQUELINE SCISLOWSKI

Nicole (Spider Hater)              MAYA VASSER

Ben (Art Snob)                        STEVEN HEIL

Susan (Librarian)                     NETTA DORSEY

Jonie (Program Assistant)      SHELLEY MESHINESH

Principal                                  TODD WRIGHT

Martin (Drama Student)         ALEC BOYD

Shavon (Drama Student)        DAWN FUNNELL

Alan (Drama Student)             CALEB JABLONICKY

Clara (Drama Student)            FRANKI MOSCATO

Dustin (Drama Student)          DAVID HAMMEN

Hector (Drama Student)         DYSON WEBSTER

Michele (Drama Student)       NICOLE TIMM

Lisa (Drama Student)              MAGGI CRAWMER

Young Akira                             ALEXANDER XIONG

Mother                                    HADWAT SANKARI

Child                                        SALEEM SODEN

 

Crew

 

Makeup Artist  ROB SCHWALEN

Assistant Makeup Artist  EVE FUNNELL

 

Graphic Designer  LIZ BANNENBERG

Graphic Designer SHAWN MCAFEE

Photo Manipulation Artist  NATHANIEL HABAN

Gallery Artist  DESIRÉE MAE

Gallery Artist  JAMES BETTIN

Gallery Artist  SONJA FUNNELL

Sketch Artist  EVE FUNNELL

Set Dresser  EMILY GROVER

 

Location Sound Mixer  JACOB JOHNSON

Additional Location Sound Mixer  JOHN LABISCH

Additional Location Sound Mixer  VIC VELAZQUEZ

Studio Sound Mixer  NATHAN EDWARDS

Sound Designer  BETH HUBBARD

Foley Artist  BETH HUBBARD

Re-recording Mixer  BETH HUBBARD

 

Visual Effects Artist  RYAN ZUM MALLEN

 

Stunt Supervisor  MARK WINTER

 

1st A.C.  MARIO A. JOHNSON

Chief Lighting Technician  DEREK SCHMITT

Gaffer  GERRY DE LA TEJA

Gaffer  LEWIS MARSCHNER

Gaffer  SPENCER ORTEGA

Key Grip  VIC VELAZQUEZ

Grip  D.J. KAST

Grip  JOE LEFEBER

Grip  DON MONROE

Additional Cinematography  STEVEN HEIL

Additional Cinematography  D.J. KAST

Still Photographer  HEIDI DE LA TEJA

Still Photographer  EVE FUNNELL

Still Photographer  JEFF MANKINI

Still Photographer  VIC VELAZQUEZ

 

Casting Associate  CAITLIN COLEMAN

 

Colorist  ALDEN HOOT

 

Composer, song “Another Yesterday”  DOUGLAS HEIL

Music Legal Services  CHARLES M. BARSAMIAN LAW FIRM OF NEW YORK, PLLC

Musician, guitar  TAISUKE KIMURA

Musician, violin  NAO SATO

 

Script Supervision  JOHN LABISCH

Dialogue Coach  STEVEN HEIL

Dialogue Coach  AUDREY WAGNER

Translator  NAOYUKI IKEDA

Translator  KENTO MATSUNAMI

Translator  AKIKO SHIMA

Production Assistant / Slate  STEPHANIE HEIL

Production Assistant  MELISSA MITCHLER

Slate  NEVAEH JOHNSON

 

Soundtrack

 

“The Greatest”

Written and performed by M.A. JOHNSON

Courtesy of M A Illustrations

 

“Unstoppable”

Written and performed by M.A. JOHNSON

Courtesy of M A Illustrations

 

Extras

 

Emma Armstrong

Tricia Baird

Trevor Beam

Marielle Bent

Claudia Blair

Matilda Cretens

Victoria Droese

Haley Faust

Max Funnell

Douglas Heil

Stephanie Heil

Morgan Hammen

Elizabeth Hawley

Adam Howe

Annina Immoos

Jakheel Jackson

Mario A. Johnson

Joni Kapp

Julia Kapp

Breanna Kluz

Micah Kopecky           

Tess Kraly

DeShawn Kraemer

Bernadette Kumrow

Gretta Kumrow

Aaron Kunz

John Labisch

Bruce Lee

Ben Mackey

Gwen Maurer

Alexandra McCarthy

Sara Mikos

Haley Murphy

Sam Murphy

Alex Parkin

Koy Peerenboom

Sophie Peerenboom

Mabel Plueddeman

Landan Polk

Lauryn Rammer

Raiya Sankari-Diaz

Kyle Schubert

Matt Schulz

Breana Smits

Yasmeen Soden

Calum Sullivan

Cheyenne Thompson

Victor Velazques

Damitri Yang

Conner Zornow

Special Thanks to SAG-AFTRA

 

Filmed on location in the state of Wisconsin

 

Copyright @MMXVIII by Steven Heil,  Douglas Heil, and Diane Vlajcic Heil

 

The persons and events in this motion picture are fictitious.  Any similarity to actual persons or events is unintentional.

 

This motion picture is protected under laws of the United States and other countries.  Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.

In Memory of Bruce Wolf

Alexander Xiong

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