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Robo-G (2012)

Robo-G poster
Original title
ロボジー
Directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
ALL
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of employees build a robot for a corporate event. They need to hide their secret when a college student who loves robots gets interested in their creation.

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What happens

Robo-G (ロボジー, Robo Ji) is a 2012 Japanese comedy film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi and starring Mickey Curtis and Yuriko Yoshitaka. Curtis, who goes by the stage name Igarashi Shinjirō in this film, plays the role of a 73-year-old man, while Yoshitaka stars as a robots-obsessed college student. Robo-G was released in Japanese cinemas on 14 January 2012. The song in the final credits is a cover of Mr. Roboto, originally by the band Styx. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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