1991
6.6 (117 votes)
1h 20m
Genres
Animation
Drama
Science Fiction
Production Companies
Tokyo Theatres Company
Sony Music Entertainment
movic
KADOKAWA Shoten
TV Asahi
Aniplex
APPP Company
Sony Music Entertainment
movic
KADOKAWA Shoten
TV Asahi
Aniplex
APPP Company
Roujin Z (老人Z)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Screenplay: Katsuhiro Otomo
Producer: Yasuku Kazama, Yoshiaki Motoya, Kazufumi Nomura, Yasuhito Nomura
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Top Cast
Chisa Yokoyama
Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)
Hikojiro Matsumura
Kijuro Takazawa (voice)
Chie Sato
Nobuko Ohe (voice)
Hikojiro Matsumura
Ache B (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Mitsuru Maeda (voice)
Masa Saitō
Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)
Rica Matsumoto
Satō Tomoe (voice)
Ryūji Saikachi
Ache A (voice)
