Old codger finds new life as robot in ‘ROBO-G’

January 17th, 2012By Category: Arts & Entertainment

How would you like to spend your time inside a robot suit entertaining people who thought you were a real robot? What would you do if someone fell in love with you, not suspecting a human is inside?

That’s the wacky premise for the film “ROBO-G,” currently playing.

In the film, three engineers working at very small consumer electronics maker company are asked by their boss to develop a robot to advertise the company at a robot exhibition. However, the robot they develop, “New Shiokaze” (New sea breeze) breaks down a week before the exhibition opens. So they hit upon the idea of putting a man inside the suit. They find a cranky 73-year-old grandfather (played by Mickey Curtis). He does his job so well that no one realizes the robot is not real. Things turn bizarre when a young woman, who is a robot freak,  falls in love with the robot.

The video below is the trailer for “ROBO-G.”

 “ROBO-G” is playing at the following theaters .

Odaiba CINEMA MEDIAGE/Tel: 03-5531-7878


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TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills/Tel: 03-5775-6090


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Shinagawa PRINCE CINEMA/Tel: 03-5421-1113


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TOHO CINEMAS Shibuya/Tel: 03-5489-4210


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Shinjuku Piccadilly/Tel: 03-5367-1144


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Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa/Tel: 03-3986-3713


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For information on other theaters showing “ROBO-G,” click here .

Source: “ROBO-G” Official Website

 The robot that is used in the movie was paraded near the Shinjuku Piccadilly theater in Tokyo below.

PHOTO BY KEIKO MISAWA

 

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