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$24.99
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Format: DVD
Jul 1998
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Sound: Stereo
80 min.
Color
UPC: 014381440928 |
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Details
Movie Description
From Katsuhiro Otomo (director of AKIRA) comes this sci-fi nightmare in which an invalid's automated, mind-controlled caretaker goes haywire and menaces a city. An acclaimed anime satire on technology's possibly insidious influence.
Synopsis
In this imaginative animated film from the creator of "Akira," a caring young nurse and a group of elderly computer hackers go up against a government that's turned its back on its senior citizens.
In the 21st century, the unfeeling bureaucrats who run the United States' health service system have come up with a new way to save money. Their scientists have created the Z-001, a computerized bed they claim will provide a solution to the problem of home care for older citizens. When a senior is strapped onto the bed, the Z-001 will start taking care of all that person's needs once the patient's personality starts combining with the machine.
However something goes horribly wrong when the elderly Mr. Takazawa gets hooked up to the bed. Through the Internet, he starts appealing to Haruko, the young woman who had been his nurse, for help.
But as the nurse and her friends try to aid Mr. Takazawa, the Z-001 takes on a life of its own and escapes from the hospital, destroying everything in its path.
Will Haruko be able to save Mr. Takazawa and expose the evils of the government's new invention?
Film Notes
A dubbed version of the film was released theatrically in New York City on January 5, 1996.
Features the voices of: Allan Wenger (Terada), Toni Barry (Haruko), Barbara Barnes (Nobuko), Adam Henderson (Maeda), Jana Carpenter (Norie) and Ian Thompson (Takazawa).
Distributed in USA by Kit Parker Films.
DVD Features:
Region 1 Encoding
Keep Case
Industry Reviews
"...[An] amusing futuristic morality tale....[The film] presents an intriguing picture of American society viewed through Japanese eyes..."
New York Times - Stephen Holden (01/05/1996)
"...What's interesting, as you watch ROUJIN-Z, is how quickly the story itself becomes as interesting as the fact that the movie is animated....The dialogue is also intriguing..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (04/05/1996)
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