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Hepburn Sayōnara Screenplay by Kōji Fukada Initial release 24 October 2015 Screenplay Kôji Fukada | 6/10 IMDb Directed by Kōji Fukada (ja) Director Kôji Fukada Music director Hiroyuki Onogawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Keisuke KonishiHiroyuki OnogawaKōji FukadaBryerly Long Starring Bryerly LongGeminoid F Cast Hirofumi Arai, Nijirô Murakami, Bryerly Long, Irène Jacob, Jérôme Kircher Similar Hospitalité, Au revoir l'été, Harmonium, Foujita, Sayonara Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sayonara (Japanese: さようなら, Hepburn: Sayōnara, lit. "Goodbye") is a 2015 Japanese film written and directed by Kōji Fukada and based on a play by Oriza Hirata. Starring Bryerly Long and Geminoid F, the film was promoted as "the first movie to feature an android performing opposite a human actor". It premiered in October 2015 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and is scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.
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Cast
Release
The world premiere of the film was in October 2015, at the Tokyo International Film Festival. It is scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.
Critical reception
Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "dreary study of human-robot relations [that] offers little to engage apart from its pretty scenery."
Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "dark, hopeless and pretty depressing [...] post-apocalyptic Japanese mood piece".
Accolades
The film was in competition at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival.
