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Rating: 6.5 stars

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dkutv Japan robot children Aliens kids spaceship alien invasion

All movies seen on 08/13/2024

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Juvenile (2000)

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Science Fiction | Family

Overview

11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke’s name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke’s help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.

Length 97 minutes

Actors

Shingo Katori | Miki Sakai | Anne Suzuki | Yuya Endo | Kyôtaro Shimizu | Yuki | Katsumi Takahashi | Kuniko Asagi | Kinzoh Sakura | Takashi Matsuo | Megumi Hayashibara | Kazue Tsunogae | Kenji Motomiya | Adam Chrny | Tamaki Ogawa | Teruo Takeno | Jerald K. Torferson | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Koh Takasugi | Jay Kabira

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Second movie in the DKUTV robot triple feature (third movie is Electric Dragon ). Like the previous ROBO- G I don’t think this movie has been programmed before today.

Like a mashup of Short Circuit, Body Snatchers and E.T. It’s cute. Love that Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yamazaki’s muse, was cast in his feature debut. Also like the rural setting and set design with all the old electronics.

Neat to see another Takashi Yamazaki film in a week. May have to revisit Always Sunset and GMO soon.

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