Astroboy in Roboland
A film by Marc Caro
2008 - France - Documentary
According to the Japanese research institute, Seed Planning, by 2015, 13 million robot assistants will be part of Japanese homes to cheer up, comfort and possibly take care of their owners.
This documentary blends clips from Japanese cartoons, interviews with fiction writers, sociologists, robotics specialists and footage shot in the labs where humanoid robots are designed in order to explain why and how the Japanese are getting ready to cohabit with robots... following in the footsteps of Astroboy...
ProducerSerge Lalou | Les Films d'Ici
AuthorEtienne Barral
CinematographyYuichi Nagata
SoundDaisuke Fujioka
EditingJérome Lefdup
Executive ProducerLaurent Duret
Format HD CAM
Length 53 min
Available versions Japanese, French and English