Retrospective
ROUJIN Z
Original title:老人Ｚ
Japan
1991
Introduction
Having just launched its Project Z as it grapples with Japan’s ageing population, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has now developed Z-001, a computer-equipped fully automated nursing bed for the elderly. The elderly Mr. Takazawa has been selected for Monitor No. 1; but trainee nurse Haruko feels sorry for him being cared for by a machine. When the name Haruko appears on the screen of her school computer, she rushes to Takazawa-san’s bedside and finds that Z-001 has started going crazy.
©1991 TOKYO THEATRES CO.,INC. /KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO.,LTD./ MOVIC CO.,LTD./TV Asahi/Aniplex Inc.
Director
Hiroyuki Kitakubo