Metropolis (Subbed)
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Rintaro Run Time: 108 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2001 Language: Japanese
Starring: Kei Kobayashi, Kohki Okada, Kosei Tomita, Tarō Ishida, Yuka Imoto
Anime Expo Cinema Nights presents Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis, where it’s man against machine in this film based on the classic manga by Tezuka, the godfather of Japanese anime and manga.
In the late 1940s, long before Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion established Osamu Tezuka as one of the most influential animators of all time, the legendary illustrator created the classic manga Metropolis. Set in the future, Metropolis is a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. Detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi search for a rebel scientist, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, Tima, a beautiful young girl. But when they locate him, Shunsaku quickly realizes that the eccentric genius is protected by a powerful man and beyond their reach.
A retro-futuristic cautionary tale, Metropolis is spectacularly rendered, combining the best in Japanese cel animation with the latest in digital technology.
This film will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.