Roujin Z 4K Remaster Gets December Theatrical Run in Japan
The screening is the third special project for Tokyo Theatres' 80th anniversary, pairing a remaster of a 1991 film with the 35th anniversary of its release.
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Tokyo Theatres will screen a 4K remaster of Roujin Z for one week at Theatre Shinjuku and Theatre Umeda from December 18, with a nationwide release in spring 2027. The film was written, scripted, and mechanical-designed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with character designs by Hisashi Eguchi and direction by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, and opened in theaters on September 14, 1991.
The run is the third special project marking the 80th anniversary of Tokyo Theatres' founding, and it doubles as the film's 35th anniversary. Alongside the announcement, the original 1991 special trailer has been released in its original form.
Roujin Z follows a nursing student, Haruko, chosen as the first monitor for a fully automated nursing bed, the Unit Z-001. The bed later runs out of control with its elderly patient still aboard and fights combat robots built for military use. The film mixes mechanical action with black humor, and the source describes it as earning praise as cel-animated action drawn frame by frame by animators.
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