After working as a volunteer staff member for Tokyo FILMeX for more than 12 years, Yuriko Yamamoto finally takes the stage with her debut short film “Keiko-san and I”. The story is about a humanoid AI named Keiko, who serves the Koyama family during times of infectious diseases. Her duties are mainly parenting, housekeeping, and educating but after 16 years she starts making errors. Mother Riko (Hono Miyabe) wants to replace her with an updated model, but her daughter Airi (Minami Urushibata) refuses.
Keiko-san and I is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Director Yuriko Yamamoto opens up the provocative question about identity by portraying a robot-human relationship. In a world that is defined by social distancing, the only “real” contact is possible with a non-human being. Where to draw the line between these two? Will the updated Keiko still be the same character? Although her body will change, she will...
Keiko-san and I is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Director Yuriko Yamamoto opens up the provocative question about identity by portraying a robot-human relationship. In a world that is defined by social distancing, the only “real” contact is possible with a non-human being. Where to draw the line between these two? Will the updated Keiko still be the same character? Although her body will change, she will...
- 7/19/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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