Metropolis
Call Number: JAPFFDVDM3
Alternate Title: Metoroporisu, メトロポリス
Year: 2001
Director: Rintaro
Duration: 108 mins
Language(s): Japanese
Subtitle Language(s): English
The film takes place in a future society, where humans and robots co-exist. Amidst the chaos created by anti-robot factions, detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi are searching for rebel scientist Dr. Laughton, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, a beautiful young girl named Tima. When they locate them, Shunsaku soon realizes that the eccentric scientist is protected by a powerful man and his fierce desire to reclaim a tragic figure from his past that puts him beyond their reach.