| Title | SAMURAI IN MANCHESTER |
| Brand | NISSIN FOODS |
| Product / Service | NISSIN FOODS |
| Category | B01. Internet Film |
| Entrant | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Entrant Company | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Advertising Agency | DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Advertising Agency 2 | DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Production Company | UNIT9 London, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Name | Company | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Naoya Hosokawa | Drill | Creative Director |
| Tatsuyuki Hamada | Drill | Planner |
| Tomoyuki Hirota | Drill | Planner |
| Tomoyasu Katagai | Drill | Producer |
| Hotsumi Iguchi | FLN | International Project Coordinator |
| Takehiko Shimura | Dentsu | Account Executive |
| Hiroaki Dehari | Dentsu | Account Executive |
| Dale Healy | UNIT9 | Producer |
| Luke Fogg | UNIT9 | Production Coordinator |
| Tom Elliott | A Common Future | Director / DOP |
| Simon Reichel | A Common Future | Director |
This is what we did to spread Nissin Foods’ corporate message —"Hungry to win!"—throughout the world as they strive for the top of the global food industry. Picture halftime during a Manchester United match, as the world watches. Onto that scene appear a red-armored “SAMURAI”—the same as the Nissin corporate color— and three black-clad “NINJA” who then break out into a performance of stunning ball techniques on the pitch. We filmed this before a live crowd at Old Trafford and then transmitted the video worldwide. The video had quite an effect: Imagine a chase scene of a samurai sprinting through the streets—and rooftops—of Manchester while kicking a football—all without a single pixel of CGI, nothing but unadulterated freestyle techniques.