Roujin Z

Roujin Z

Roujin Z

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Roujin Z

1991

1h 20m

6.6(147 votes)

Animation

Drama

Science Fiction

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.

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Production Companies

Tokyo Theatres Company

Sony Music Entertainment

movic

KADOKAWA Shoten

TV Asahi

Aniplex

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)

Hikojiro Matsumura

Kijuro Takazawa (voice)

Chie Sato

Chie Sato

Nobuko Ohe (voice)

Koji Tsujitani

Koji Tsujitani

Mitsuru Maeda (voice)

Sho Saito

Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satō Tomoe (voice)

Ryuji Saikachi

Ryuji Saikachi

Ache A (voice)

Shinji Ogawa

Shinji Ogawa

Suguru Terada (voice)

Shinsuke Chikaishi

Shinsuke Chikaishi

Yoshihiko Hasegawa (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Ache C (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Written by: Katsuhiro Otomo
Produced by: Yoshiaki Motoya
Yasuku Kazama

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