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11/07/1998 Action, Science Fiction 1h 49m
49
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Overview

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.

  1. Takashi Miike

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Hiroko Shimabukuro

    Mai Hitomi / AI

  2. Eriko Imai

    Yoko

  3. Takako Uehara

    Rika

  4. Hitoe Arakaki

    Nao

  5. Kenji Harada

    Yuu

  6. Ryo Karato

    Satoshi Takanaka

  7. Christopher Doyle

    Sakkaa / Soccer

  8. Tomorowo Taguchi

    Goda

  9. Issa Hentona

    Tooru

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Reviews

A review by Walruse
Written by Walruse on 2018-02-03
While extremely dated and takes place in then contemporary Japan of 1998, it should not be missed by anyone into cyberpunk. It is a commercial movie with very few artistic ambitions, but a well made example of the endless possibilities of the revolutionary internet back in the nineties, as perceived by the mainstream and media.

The movie is a teenage adventure/action movie and relationship drama and throws in a little bit of everything cyber. There are the nineties cyberpunk hackerspace with tubing and snaking cables, there is an evil technological corporation (Digital Ware Japan, co. inc....read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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