is a 2012 Japanese

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film '' Waterboys'' was particularly succ ...

and starring

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and Yuriko Yoshitaka. This is a translated version of article published by eiga.com 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 an adaptation of Mr. Roboto

Cast

as Shigemitsu Suzuki, a 73-year-old man. * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yoko Sasaki, a college student who is obsessed with robots. *

Gaku Hamada is a Japanese film and television actor. He was a regular cast member of Fuji TV's ''Operation Love'', appearing in all 11 episodes broadcast in 2007 and the 2008 special, and receiving an award for his role. He has made numerous other TV appe ...

as Hiroki Kobayashi, one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics. * Junya Kawashima as Shinya Nagai, one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics. * Shogo Kawai as Koji Ota, one of the robot developers at Kimura Electronics. *

Tomoko Tabata is a Japanese actress. She won the best supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for '' The Hidden Blade'' and ''Blood and Bones'', and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for '' The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' in 20 ...

as Yayoi Itami * Takehiko Ono as Sōsuke Kimura *

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as Saito Harue

Reception

The film grossed ¥1.16 billion in Japan.

References

External links

* * 2012 films Films directed by Shinobu Yaguchi 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub