Roujin Z

老人Z

1991·80'

Hiroyuki Kitakubo

AnimationScience FictionDrama

Japanese

Letterboxd TMDB #35648

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.

Cast

Chisa Yokoyama Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)

Hikojiro Matsumura Kijuro Takazawa (voice) Chie Sato Nobuko Ohe (voice) Koji Tsujitani Mitsuru Maeda (voice)

Sho Saito Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice) Rica Matsumoto Satō Tomoe (voice) Ryuji Saikachi Ache A (voice) Shinji Ogawa Suguru Terada (voice) Shinsuke Chikaishi Yoshihiko Hasegawa (voice) Takeshi Aono Ache C (voice) Kenichi Ogata Riot Police Inspector (voice) Kumiko Takizawa Newscaster (voice)