Hayabusa
May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
Top Billed Cast
Yuko Takeuchi
Megumi Mizusawa
Toshiyuki Nishida
Yasuhiro Matoba
Masahiro Takashima
Kenichi Sakagami
Katsuhisa Namase
enthusiastic fan of Hayabusa
ShirÅ Sano
Kawabuchi
Featured Crew
Kiyoshi Inoue
Producer
Toru Hasebe
Original Music Composer
Eishi Segawa
Original Music Composer
Naoki Soma
Production Design
Kiyoshi Inoue
Screenplay
Hiroshi Shirasaki
Screenplay
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Satoru Karasawa
Director of Photography
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writer
Hideki Tateno
Gaffer
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