Robo-G
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShinobu Yaguchi
Written byShinobu Yaguchi
StarringMickey Curtis
CinematographyShinobu Yaguchi
Edited byRyuji Miyajima
Music byMikki Yoshino
Production
companies
Fuji Television, Altamira Pictures
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 14 January 2012 (2012-01-14) (Japan)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.16 billion (Japan)

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.[1] 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.[1]

Robo-G was released in Japanese cinemas on 14 January 2012.[2]

The song in the final credits is an adaptation of Mr. Roboto

Cast

  • Mickey Curtis as Shigemitsu Suzuki,[2] a 73-year-old man.
  • Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yoko Sasaki,[2] a college student who is obsessed with robots.
  • Gaku Hamada as Hiroki Kobayashi,[2] one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics.
  • Junya Kawashima as Shinya Nagai,[2] one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics.
  • Shogo Kawai as Koji Ota,[2] one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics.
  • Tomoko Tabata as Yayoi Itami[2]
  • Takehiko Ono as Sōsuke Kimura[2]
  • Emi Wakui as Saito Harue[2]

Reception

The film grossed ¥1.16 billion in Japan.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mickey Curtis, Yoshitaka Yuriko star in Yaguchi Shinobu's "Robo-G"". eiga.com. Tokyograph. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2012-01-06. This is a translated version of article published by eiga.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "ロボジー(2011) on allcinema" (in Japanese). allcinema. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. ↑ Kevin Ma (May 13, 2014). "Frozen tops Japan B.O. for tenth weekend". Film Business Asia. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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