Japan Synopsis
老人Z
Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Roujin Z. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Tokyo Theatres Company
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Roujin Z itself).
The 1990–1992 Japan Window
Roujin Z holds position #60 of 107 Japan films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Roujin Z premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.
The 860th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Roujin Z, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- elder care · 3
- home care nurse · 1
- geriatric · 1
- hacker · 9
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- tokyo · 78
- mecha · 68
- cyberpunk · 48
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,089 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,967 of 2,532 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Tokyo Theatres Company, Sony Music Entertainment, movic, Kadokawa Shoten, TV Asahi |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | September 14, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt0102812 |