Roujin Z

Roujin Z

1991•1h 20m•6.5/10

AnimationDramaScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(131)

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

Tokyo Theatres Company, Sony Music Entertainment, movic, KADOKAWA Shoten, TV Asahi, Aniplex, APPP Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)

Hikojiro Matsumura

Kijuro Takazawa (voice)

Chie Sato

Chie Sato

Nobuko Ohe (voice)

Hikojiro Matsumura

Ache B (voice)

Koji Tsujitani

Koji Tsujitani

Mitsuru Maeda (voice)

Masa Saitō

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)

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Riot Police Inspector (voice)

Kumiko Takizawa

Kumiko Takizawa

Newscaster (voice)

Noriko Asano

Nurse (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Tamio Ohki

Professor Tachibana (voice)

Teiji Oomiya

Manager Minagawa (voice)

Sho Saito

Sho Saito

Teiji Ōmiya

Teiji Ōmiya

Manager Minagawa (voice)

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