Andromedia

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Andromedia
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Editing by	Yasushi Shimamura
Release date(s)	1998 July 11
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
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Andromedia (Japanese name: Andoromedia) is a 1998 Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike, featuring the Japanese musical groups SPEED and Da Pump.

[edit] Plot

Hiroko Shimabukuro plays the character of Mai Hitomi, who gives her boyfriend Yuu his first kiss and is promptly hit by a truck. She is then recreated as an AI by her father, a scientist, who had completely scanned ("digitized") her before her death (involving a nude scene). The film depicts the continuing love between Yuu and the digital copy of Mai, who can only interact across the computer terminal.

[edit] Cast

• Hiroko Shimabukuro as Mai Hitomi & Ai
• Eriko Imai as Yôko
• Takako Uehara as Rika
• Hitoe Arakaki as Nao
• Kenji Harada as Yuu
• Ryô Karato as Satoshi Takanaka
• Christopher Doyle as Sakkaa/Soccer
• Tomorowo Taguchi as Gôda
• Issa Hentona as Tooru
• Shinobu Miyara as Hiroyuki
• Yukinari Tamaki as Kazuma
• Ken Okumoto as Daiki
• Kensuke Toida as Bodyguard 1
• Masataka Haji as Bodyguard 2
• Naoyuki Yokoyama as Bodyguard 3
• Mongoruman as Bodyguard 4
• Anna Ide as Mai as a child
• Akihiro Yoshikawa as Yuu as a child
• Kazuki Kitamura as Sada
• Ryuuta Itô as Boy A in the bus
• Kônosuke Tôkai as Boy B in the bus
• Yuki Nagata as Kurosawa as a child
• John Gallock as White doctor
• Michelle Gazepis as Sakkaa's/Soccer's secretary
• Mikhail Vasilenko as White boy
• Manzô Shinra as Bathroom visitor
• Hiromi Suzuki as Mai's mother
• Yukio Yamanouchi as Bus Passenger A
• Chikage Natsuyama as Bus Passenger B
• Kippei Shiina as Chinese-speaking man
• Naoto Takenaka as Kurosawa
• Tsunehiko Watase as Toshihiko Hitomi/Mai's father/Ai's creator

[edit] Other credits

• Writing credits:
  • Itaru Era - screenplay
  • Masa Nakamura - screenplay
  • Kozy Watanabe - novel Andromedia
• Produced by
  • Kazuya Hamana .... producer
  • Takashi Hirano .... producer
  • Takashi Kasuga .... executive producer
  • Morihiro Kodama .... executive producer
  • Makoto Nakanishi .... producer
  • Toshiaki Nakazawa .... producer
  • Tetsuo Taira .... executive producer
  • Yasuo Takimoto .... executive producer
• Original Music by
  • Hitoe Arakaki (as Speed)
  • Issa Hentona (as Da Pump)
  • Hiromasa Ijichi
  • Eriko Imai (as Speed)
  • Shinobu Miyara (as Da Pump)
  • Ken Okumoto (as Da Pump)
  • Hiroko Shimabukuro (as Speed)
  • Yukinari Tamaki (as Da Pump)
  • Takako Uehara (as Speed)
• Production Design: Akira Ishige
• Assistant Director: Bunmei Katô
• Assistant production designer: Akira Sakamoto
• Sound Department
  • Akira Nakano .... sound recordist
  • Hitoshi Tsurumaki .... assistant sound designer
• Stunts
  • Makoto Kenmochi .... stunt coordinator, stunts
  • Hiroo Sawa .... stunts
  • Kenji Shimozaki .... stunts
  • Hiroki Takano .... stunts
  • Keiji Tsujii .... stunt coordinator, stunts
• Assistant camera: Saiko Hashimoto
• Lighting technician: Meichô Tomiyama