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11 July 1998 (Japan)
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Mai and her friends have an inseparable bond since childhood. But as of late, their friendship is questioned...
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Certainly one of Miike's lesser films
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Hiroko Shimabukuro | ... | Mai Hitomi & Ai |
| Eriko Imai | ... | Yôko |
| Takako Uehara | ... | Rika |
| Hitoe Arakaki | ... | Nao |
| Kenji Harada | ... | Yuu |
| Ryô Karato | ... | Satoshi Takanaka |
| Christopher Doyle | ... | Sakkaa / Soccer |
| Tomorowo Taguchi | ... | Gôda |
| Issa Hentona | ... | Tooru |
| Shinobu Miyara | ... | Hiroyuki |
| Yukinari Tamaki | ... | Kazuma |
| Ken Okumoto | ... | Daiki |
| Kensuke Toida | ... | Bodyguard 1 |
| Masataka Haji | ... | Bodyguard 2 |
| Naoyuki Yokoyama | ... | Bodyguard 3 |
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Andromedia (International: English title) (USA) (video box title)
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Even if, in the future, he becomes the world's most beloved director and everyone everywhere seeks out all his films, Andromedia will be forgotten. There's really no such thing as "typical Miike", but this film is somehow definitely atypical Miike. It's a teeny cyber-thriller that stars not one, but two Japanese teen pop groups, Speed and Da Pump, both of which get a song. Da Pump, the boy band, even gets their own music video in the middle of the movie for no good reason. So, yeah, it's kind of corny, but it's corny in a fun way. And it's just fun to see Miike do this kind of pap. The film's villains – whose motives we never really understand – are goofy and entertaining, especially Christopher Doyle, best know as the cinematographer of Zhang Yimou's Hero, who plays a shorts-wearing evil corporate guy from Detroit. He looks like he was downloaded from the mid-80s. Doyle even gets to dance during Da Pump's big musical number. So Andromedia's not half bad if you can take a bit of goofiness.