A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 14, 1991
Original Title:
老人Z
Alternate Titles:
Old Man Z
Rōjin Z
Rōjin Zetto
Genres:
Animation | Drama | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
APPP Company
Aniplex
KADOKAWA Shoten
Sony Music Entertainment
TV Asahi
Tokyo Theatres Company
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Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M
Runtime: 80
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.
Animation Director:
Fumio Iida
Sadami Morikawa
Michiyo Suzuki
Kumiko Kawana
Art Designer:
Satoshi Kon
Art Direction:
Hiroshi Sasaki
Background Designer:
Yoji Takeshige
Character Designer:
Hisashi Eguchi
Director:
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Director of Photography:
Hideo Okazaki
Editor:
Eiko Nishide
Key Animation:
Akio Uchino
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Ishida
Atsushi Okuda
Fujio Inose
Fumio Iida
Hiroto Tanaka
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hiroyuki Morita
Hiroyuki Okiura
Hiroyuki Okuno
Katsumi Matsuda
Kazuchika Kise
Kazuto Nakazawa
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Kenichi Shimizu
Kinji Yoshimoto
Kouichi Hashimoto
Kōichi Ishihara
Koichi Usami
Koji Morimoto
Kouichi Arai
Kumiko Kawana
Manabu Ohashi
Mariko Aoki
Masahiro Kase
Masahiro Kimura
Masahiro Koyama
Masahiro Tanaka
Masatomo Sudo
Masatsugu Arakawa
Masayoshi Tano
Masayuki Kobayashi
Michio Mihara
Michiyo Suzuki
Motoki Yagi
Norio Matsumoto
Satoshi Saga
Satoshi Shishido
Satoshi Takabatake
Shunji Suzuki
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Takashi Sasaki
Takeshi Honda
Toshiyuki Inoue
Yasuhiko Ishitani
Yasumitsu Suetake
Yoshihiro Kitano
Takashi Sasaki
Katsuhiro Otomo
Satoshi Kon
Layout:
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Mechanical Designer:
Mitsuo Iso
Original Music Composer:
Bun Itakura
Producer:
Yasuku Kazama
Yoshiaki Motoya
Kazufumi Nomura
Yasuhito Nomura
Screenplay:
Katsuhiro Otomo
Sound Designer:
Thomas Chan
Sound Director:
Yasunori Honda
Sound Mixer:
Yukio Abe
Storyboard Artist:
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Theme Song Performance:
Mishio Ogawa
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