Andromedia (1998) Takashi Miik's Pop Music SciFi Actioner
4435DVD
original
Japanese title ANDOROMEDIA
director:
Takashi Miike
starring: Speed (Hiroko Shimabukuro · Takako Uehara · Hitoe Arakaki
· Eriko Imai )
and Da Pump (Issa Hentona · Ken Okumoto · Yukinari Tamaki · Shinobu
Miyara)
with Takao Uehara · Eriko Imai · Tomoro Taguchi · Christopher Doyle
Since childhood, Mai
and her friends have been inseparable. But lately, a strain is put on
their friendship when Mai's romantic interests start getting in the way.
However, before she can fix the problem, the girl is killed in a traffic
accident. Distraught with her death, Mai's father - a scientist named
Toshihiko Hitomi - uses his microchip research to bring her back to life
through a computer. But trouble erupts when a large corporation sends
thugs to retrieve Mai and the technology by any means necessary. Before
they can snatch Mai, Dr Hitomi transfers her 'existence' to boyfriend
Tooru's laptop, starting a desperate chase to keep her safe.
This SciFi
pop actioner from prolific director Takashi Miike is based on a cult novel
by Kozy Watanabe. It stars members of the Japanese girl singing group,
Speed and the male hip-hop group, Da Pump.
It is one of four films he directed in 1998, along with BLUES
HARP,BIRD
PEOPLE OF CHINA, and another quirky SciFi actioner FULL
METAL YAKUZA. Despite Takashi Miike's solid reputation for violent
Yakuza fare, he has occasionally dabbled in pop music most notably with
N-GIRLS
VS THE VAMPIRE and the hit television series IDOL
X WARRIOR: MIRACLE TUNES.
A
Japanese film; widescreen uncut (110 min.) version in DVD encoded for
ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine; in Japanese language
with removable English subtitles.