Roujin Z (1991)
Original title: 老人Z
Roujin Z is a 1991 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, with a running time of 1h 20m. It stars Chisa Yokoyama, Hikojiro Matsumura and Chie Sato.
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 as Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)
- Hikojiro Matsumura as Kijuro Takazawa (voice)
- Chie Sato as Nobuko Ohe (voice)
- Hikojiro Matsumura as Ache B (voice)
- Koji Tsujitani as Mitsuru Maeda (voice)
- Sho Saito as Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)
- Rica Matsumoto as Satō Tomoe (voice)
- Ryuji Saikachi as Ache A (voice)
- Shinji Ogawa as Suguru Terada (voice)
- Shinsuke Chikaishi as Yoshihiko Hasegawa (voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Ache C (voice)
- Kenichi Ogata as Riot Police Inspector (voice)