Roujin-Z

1991

Roujin-Z (1991)

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Average Rating: 3.7/5

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Movie Info

In this Japanese animated science-fiction adventure, an elderly man receives a special robot which will act as his caregiver. While the robot does fine at first, there's one catch -- when the old man's violent impulses rise to the surface, the machine begins to mirror them.

Rating:

PG-13
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Animation, Art House & International, Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:

Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Written By:

Katsuhiro Ôtomo
In Theaters:

Sep 14, 1991 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Apr 16, 1996
Runtime:

80 minutes
Studio:

Movic

Cast

Allan Wenger
as Terada

Toni Barry
as Haruko

Barbara Barnes
as Nobuko

Adam Henderson
as Maeda

Jana Carpenter
as Norie

Ian Thompson
as Kijuro Takazawa

John Jay Fitzgerald
as Hasegawa

Graydon Gould
as Minagawa

Nicolette McKenzie
as Haru

Sean Barrett
as ACHE

Blain Fairman
as ACHE

Nigel Anthony
as ACHE

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A brilliantly demented anime masterpiece.

Apr 12, 2002 | Full Review…

Phil Hall

Wired

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Audience Reviews for Roujin-Z

I'm a little disappointed with myself that, after watching an anime with such a unique and promising premise like Roujin Z, I didn't really enjoy it. I can barely explain why, either. The three thoughts I had that stuck with me after the movie were, in order, "This is trying way too hard", "What the hell is going on?" and "...that's it?" This is the first time that I've never liked a movie and couldn't quantify the reasons in words. Maybe I was just disappointed in it, after reading a few generally positive reviews and then expecting a lot more than I got out of it. Who knows.

Drew Smith

Super Reviewer

I've got to admit: I'm not a huge anime fan. In fact for the most part I find it a bit boring. What attracted me to this film was the story- old man get put in a life support machine and it goes crazy and he become a robot ravaging the city. Plus it was done by the same dude as Akira and I love that movie to no end. The actual movie is actually pretty cool and funny. I would suggest watching it if you want to see something different.