Editing Returner (section)

== Proposed sequel ==
Yamazaki planned a sequel to the film after its release, but encountered some difficulties.<ref name="CGWorld">{{Cite web |url=https://cgworld.jp/article/202212-291-shirogumi.html |title=山崎 貴監督と40年来のメンバーでふり返る、デジタル映像制作黎明期からの歩み〜白組 調布スタジオ創設メンバー座談会 |website=CGWORLD.jp |date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2024 |language=ja}}</ref> Thus, producer [[Shūji Abe]] insisted Yamazaki make a period piece set during the [[Shōwa era]] instead, as he had always wanted to produce such a project.<ref name="CGWorld" /> This ultimately led to the creation of Yamazaki's third film, ''[[Always: Sunset on Third Street]]'' (2005),<ref name="CGWorld" /> which <!-- received widespread critical acclaim and -->was called a "milestone" in the usage of [[computer-generated imagery]] in [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese cinema]] by film critic [[Tadao Sato]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Satō |first=Tadao |author-link=Tadao Sato |date=November 2005 |title=CGの使い方のひとつの里程標となる作品 |trans-title=A work that serves as a milestone in how to use CG |magazine=[[Kinema Junpo]] |page=58}}</ref>

In December 2023, Yamazaki expressed interest in making a sequel to ''Returner'' though he feels "too old" to write it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2023 |title=『ゴジラ-1.0』山崎貴監督に読者の疑問をぶつけてきた！背びれギミックの創作秘話から、ラストの首模様の意図まで次々回答！ |url=https://moviewalker.jp/news/article/1171738/p3/ |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=MOVIE WALKER PRESS |page=3 |language=ja}}</ref>