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Roujin Z

Original title: 老人Z

  • Movie
  • 1991
  • 1h 20m

Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 153 votes

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Overview

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.

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Cast and crew

  • Chisa Yokoyama

    Chisa YokoyamaHaruko Mitsuhashi (voice)

  • Hikojiro MatsumuraKijuro Takazawa (voice)

  • Chie Sato

    Chie SatoNobuko Ohe (voice)

  • Hikojiro MatsumuraAche B (voice)

  • Koji Tsujitani

    Koji TsujitaniMitsuru Maeda (voice)

  • Sho SaitoHaru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)

  • Rica Matsumoto

    Rica MatsumotoSatō Tomoe (voice)

  • Ryuji Saikachi

    Ryuji SaikachiAche A (voice)

  • Shinji Ogawa

    Shinji OgawaSuguru Terada (voice)

  • Shinsuke Chikaishi

    Shinsuke ChikaishiYoshihiko Hasegawa (voice)

  • Takeshi Aono

    Takeshi AonoAche C (voice)

  • Kenichi Ogata

    Kenichi OgataRiot Police Inspector (voice)

  • Kumiko Takizawa

    Kumiko TakizawaNewscaster (voice)

  • Noriko AsanoNurse (voice)

  • Tamio Ohki

    Tamio OhkiProfessor Tachibana (voice)

  • Teiji OomiyaManager Minagawa (voice)

  • Teiji Ōmiya

    Teiji ŌmiyaManager Minagawa (voice)

Director
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Writer
Katsuhiro Otomo
Music
Bun Itakura
Cinematography
Hideo Okazaki