Release Date

January, 14th, 2012

Running Time

111 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm,DCP/ Blu-ray,HDCAM (English subtitles)

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• YAGUCHI Shinobu

[ Produced by ]

• KAMEYAMA Chihiro
• MASUI Shoji

[ Cast ]

• IGARASHI Shinjiro ── SUZUKI Shigemitsu
• YOSHITAKA Yuriko ── SASAKI Yoko
• HAMADA Gaku ── KOBAYASHI Hiroki

[ Staff ]

• YAGUCHI Shinobu ── Screenplay
• YANAGIJIMA Katsumi ── Cinematography
• Mickey YOSHINO ── Music

[ Production Company ]

Fuji Television Network, TOHO, DENTSU, ALTAMIRA PICTURES

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Production Studio ]

ALTAMIRA PICTURES

[ Story ]

The latest from writer-director Yaguchi Shinobu, who has produced a string of hits including Happy Flight with his unique viewpoint and outstanding comedic sensibility. Mickey Curtis (KAMIKAZE TAXI}), credited as Igarashi Shinjiro, gives a wonderful performance as a stubborn old man in his first starring role.
Consumer electronics company employee Kobayashi (Hamada Gaku) is ordered to develop a bipedal robot, but fails miserably. He comes up with a plan to pass off a human in a suit as a robot, and finds an elderly man named Suzuki (Igarashi) who fits inside the suit perfectly, but...

[ Official Site ]

http://robo-g.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2012 Hong Kong International Film Festival, I See It My Way
2012 Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival, Nippon Gone Crazy
2012 Fantasia International Film Festival
2012 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Official Fantastic Competition

[ Contact (International) ]

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