Boku no kanojo wa saibôgu (2008)

Director:

Jae-young Kwak

Writer:

Jae-young Kwak (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 May 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Keisuke Koide is an ordinary lonely university student. One day he meets an beautiful and interesting woman. Unfortunately she is an Cyborg that lacks manners and emotions.

Plot Keywords:

Asian | Romantic Comedy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Haruka Ayase	...	Cyborg
Keisuke Koide	...	Jiro Kitamura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Risa Ai	...	Girlfriend
Yoshikazu Ebisu	...	Shop Owner of Candy Store
Ken'ichi Endô	...	Auctioneer
Masatô Ibu	...	Designer
Kenta Kiritani	...	Jiro's schoolmate
Fumiyo Kohinata	...	TV Reporter
Kaito Kondô
Rio Matsumoto	...	Interviewer
Sakura Mizuno
Rokurô Naya	...	Jiro Kitamura - old
Naoko Niya	...	Store Manager
Yuito Ôwada	...	Ryosuke
Ayumu Saitô
Megumi Satô	...	Teacher
Suzunosuke
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	Indiscriminate Killer
Naoto Takenaka	...	Professor
Kei Tanaka
Yuriko Yoshitaka	...	Student in 22nd Century
Kazuko Yoshiyuki	...	Jiro's grandma

Also Known As:

Cyborg She (International: English title) (UK) (DVD title)
Cyborg Girl (International: English title)
My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg (Japan) (literal English title)

Runtime:

115 min | South Korea:103 min | Japan:120 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Gifu, Japan

Company:

Amuse Soft Entertainment

Soundtrack:

Yakusoku no tsubasa

How Well Do You Tolerate Movie With Slow Pace?

I do not know about other people but I went to see this movie because it was directed form the same guy that made My Sassy Girl, Classic and Daisy. This guy really does have a good record of making romantic movie in different situation. He has his own style of making romantic movie and this is another of his hearth warming, cliché, intrigue and tear jerking movie.

The stories about the lonely college student about to find his love that turn out to be the cyborg from the future send to protect him for the unknown reason. Though the story isn’t that original but hardly any movie does nowadays so it doesn’t quite really bother me, anyway it has been execute pretty well though slow from time to time and drag on and never end like AI: Artificial Intelligence. And in the end it got a too wrap up ending (at least for me).

There are quite a few scenes that will managed to delivered what it suppose to bring and in the end (if you don’t felt bore by it first) it will be pretty much a heart touching story that really intrigue you.

The casting, well I think it was pretty darn good, after all it seem to consist of only two main character and a few more that add little to the story. They do pretty much have a pretty great chemistry even though one of them is a robot.

Overall I do pretty much like it though I felt it was overlong for it also got a very slow pace, but I do pretty much expected from this guy flick. So it was alright by my standard. In the end I didn’t felt riff-off so that is a good thing, though I highly doubt I will watch it again soon.

Recommendation: I went to see it on big screen, but I highly recommend you rent DVD.

Reason To Watch: Touching, Cyborg is Hot!! Reason Not To: Slow Pace, Too Wrap Up Ending (Though I Understand Why).

Rating: 6.5/10 (Grade: C+)