Plots(1)
Hirsute sad-sack Ukon and his only friend, Ushiyama, a kindhearted oddball, are hired by an aging nationalist to dig for the Shogun’s buried gold, so he can restore Japan’s Imperial honor. When Ushiyama finds a rusty old robot and Ukon’s tech-savvy younger brother Sakon revives it, they name him Roboo and take him to work. Roboo is a gifted gold miner, but it’s only when his friends are attacked one night that his true talents emerge, in a flash of blinding light. Yamashita’s first sci-fi tinged tale is a mirthful drama about loneliness, male bonding, female lust and doing the right thing. (New York Asian Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Takeru Satō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/784/168784276_1usfqk.jpg)
Takeru Satō
Japan
Best movies:
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
Beck (2010)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
![Takayuki Yamada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/298/168298100_f3tr8e.jpg)
Takayuki Yamada
Japan
Best movies:
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
Crows-Zero (2007)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
![YosiYosi Arakawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515882_48eb2d.jpg)
YosiYosi Arakawa
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![康すおん](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/134/168134070_eshg67.jpg)
康すおん
Japan
Best movies:
Vital (2004)
Yakuza and the Family (2020)
Nightmare Detective (2006)
Kei Ishibashi
Japan
![Takako Matsu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515859_60b3b4.jpg)
Takako Matsu
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Confessions (2010)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
![藤原季節](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/133/160133024_ef61a7.jpg)
藤原季節
Japan
Best movies:
His (2020)
Shinjuku Swan (2015)
Initiation Love (2015)