Roujin Z (1991)
Rôjin Z
80 min
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.
- Release date
- September 14, 1991
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Chisa Yokoyama as Haruko Mitsuhashi
- Chie Satô as Nobuko Ômae
- Kôji Tsujitani as Mitsuru Maeda
- Sho Saito as Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)
- Rica Matsumoto as Tomoe Satô
- Ryûji Saikachi as Old Man
- Shinji Ogawa as Suguru Terada
- Shinsuke Chikaishi as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
- Takeshi Aono as Old Man
- Ken'ichi Ogata as Riot Police Inspector (voice)
- Kumiko Takizawa as Newscaster (voice)
- Tamio Ôki as Professor Tachibana (voice)
- Teiji Ômiya as Manager Minagawa
- Hikojirô Matsumura as Kijûrô Takazawa
Crew
- Hiroyuki Kitakubo · Director
- Katsuhiro Ōtomo · Writer
- Yasuku Kazama · Producer
- Yoshiaki Motoya · Producer
- Kazufumi Nomura · Producer
- Yasuhito Nomura · Producer
- Bun Itakura · Composer
- Hideo Okazaki · Cinematographer
- Eiko Nishide · Editor