Born in 1988 to a Japanese father and a Russian mother, Rina grew up in Moscow and Tokyo. She is an actress, model and singer. She started acting at the age of 15 after being spotted on a magazine cover by the producer of “69” (based on the Ryu Murakami novel). Since then she has been in various Japanese films including Humoresque: Sakasama no chou, Sushi King Goes to New York, and Brain Man.

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Jonathan trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2001 as the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award winner.  He began his film career by playing the lead role in John Deery’s feature “Conspiracy of Silence”, for which he was nominated best newcomer at the Irish Film and Television Awards 2002. Later that year he made played opposite Glenn Close in Trevor Nunn’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the National Theatre. Since then he has worked extensively in theatre and television and is currently appearing in Fatal Attraction at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

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A Norwegian artist living in Tokyo and New York. In recent years he has been one of the most talked about and internationally exhibited Norwegian artists, including participation in the prestigious Whitney Biennale in New York in 2008. ‘MADE’ will be his debut acting role.

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Norbert Schoerner is a German photographer and filmmaker based in London since 1989. Straddling fine art and fashion photography, Schoerner has presented his work in many different contexts from international gallery shows to iconic ad campaigns for Prada. His TV/Web commercial work include clients ranging from Shiseido, Roland Mouret, Laforet to Casio G Shock. He has also made various short films, including projects for the ICA, Showstudio and White Cube Gallery.

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Oz is an award-winning London-based filmmaker – who has worked with Universal; Paramount; Warner Brothers; BBC and ITV. In 2009, he started work in-house at Working Title Films – during his time there, he assisted on Senna, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Johnny English Reborn among others. He also worked on the early stages of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. His short-form projects have also been featured in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine, NOWNESS & Vogue.

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Juanita’s background is in art production, having worked for the Saatchi Gallery, Fawcett Art Consultants and Tomato Films. She has written numerous web viral and fine art based scripts. ‘MADE’ is her first foray into drama.

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With over 15 years experience in the industry, Masashi Nagai is the chief producer at Iino Productions. Throughout his career he has developed a wide and varied international client list in the fields of photography, film and visual media. Masashi is based in London and Tokyo.

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Born in Japan in 1973, Naoki studied film & photography at Chicago Columbia College. After completing Ba-bel in 2005, Naoki started his career as a director of photography. He has shot commercial work for Toyota, Google, Nike & Nissan.

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Rebecca started in Bristol ‘Films at 59′ where she was Avid support.  Her creative passion led her to become editor at the BBC Natural History Unit editing the TV series ‘ Elephant Diaries’ and promotional trailers.

For the past seven years she has been editing and 1st assisting on a mixture of multi-award winning feature documentaries, animations and dramas including Fish Tank, The Spirit Of 45, The Hollow Crown, Planet 51 and The Two Faces Of January. Rebecca has also edited a number of official cinematic trailers, music videos and short films.

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Asa Chang & Junray is the band of the Japanese percussionist Asa Chang, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving that group in 1993, he formed Asa Chang & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guitarist Hidehiko Urayama. They were joined in 2000 by tabla player U-zhaan. Live, the group use a portable sound system called ‘Jun-Ray Tronics’, hence the name – although the word ‘junray’ also means ‘pilgrimage’.

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