Andromedia (アンドロメディア) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The film features the Japanese musical groups Speed and Da Pump.

Andromedia
Directed byTakashi Miike
Screenplay by
Based ontitle of the original work
by Hirotake Watanabe
Produced by
  • Takashi Hirano
  • Toshiaki Nakazawa
  • Makoto Nakanishi
  • Kazuya Hamana
    Yasuhiro Mase[1]
Starring
CinematographyHideo Yamamoto[1]
Edited byYasushi Shimamura[1]
Music byKoji Endo[1]
Production
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Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • July 11, 1998 (1998-07-11) (Japan)
Running time
110 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
English

Plot

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High school students Mainosuke "Mai" Hitomi and Yuu kiss for the first time. Later that same day Mai is hit by a truck and killed. Her scientist father, Toshihiko Hitomi, uses a scan of her memories created before her death to construct an AI copy of her, named "Ai". Soccer, the CEO of the American tech company Digital Ware, wishes to awaken his own AI and sends an agent to shoot Toshihiko and steal his software, but Toshihiko sends Ai through the modem to safety before dying. Ai finds Yuu through a school computer terminal nicknamed "Icon" that has been enhanced by Satoshi Takanaka, Mai's genius half-brother with a terminal brain disease. Yuu transfers Ai to his laptop, through which she interacts with him and Mai's old friends, including Rika, who is jealous of Yuu's love for Ai. Soccer sends Satoshi and others to chase down Yuu and capture Ai.

Cast

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Release

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Andromedia was distributed theatrically in Japan by Shochiku on July 11, 1998.[1] The film was released on DVD and VHS in Japan by Toy's Factory and in the United States by Pathfinder Pictures.[1]

Reception

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Tom Mes, author of Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike, described Andromedia as the "most unabashedly commercial film" Miike had made at this point in his career.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mes 2006, p. 387.
  2. ^ Mes 2006, p. 135.

References

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  • Mes, Tom (2006). Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike. FAB Press. ISBN 1903254418.
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