Human Lost (2019)

In a future where disease has been conquered but economic disparity has grown, a young biker discovers that he has superhuman powers.

Director:

Fuminori Kizaki

Writers:

Osamu Dazai (based on a novel by), Tow Ubukata (screenplay)

Stars:

Mamoru Miyano, Kana Hanazawa, Takahiro Sakurai

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mamoru Miyano	...	Yozo Oba
Kana Hanazawa	...	Yoshiko Hiiragi
Takahiro Sakurai	...	Masao Horiki
Jun Fukuyama	...	Takeichi
Kenichirou Matsuda	...	Shibuta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Allen Jr.	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Haruka Chisuga	...	Tsuneko
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Shige (voice)
Macy Anne Johnson	...	Yoshiko Hiiragi
Rikiya Koyama	...	Atsugi
Jason Liebrecht	...	Takeichi (voice)
Robert McCollum	...	Masao Horiki (voice)
Kristen McGuire	...	Call Center Agent (voice)
Chris Rager	...	Shibuta (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro	...	Madam

Storyline

"Mine has been a life of much shame." Tokyo, 2036 (Showa year 111): a revolution in medical treatment has conquered death... By means of internal nanomachines and the "S.H.E.L.L." system whose network controls them, human beings suffer no diseases, require no treatment for injuries, and are guaranteed a 120-year lifespan, free from illness. Yet this consummate social system warps the Japanese nation in a host of ways: unresolved economic disparities, ethical decadence resulting from deathlessness, grave environmental pollution, and the "Human Lost" phenomenon, in which people themselves, disconnected from the S.H.E.L.L. network, become malformed. Japan teeters wildly between two potential futures: civilization's restoration or its destruction. Atmospheric pollution suffuses "Route 16" in the Outside-the area outside the Route 16 beltway. Youzou Oba, who lives an idle, drug-saturated life, joins Masao Horiki, a mysterious man who associates with the drag-racing gangs, on an incursion ...

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Plot Keywords:

cyberpunk | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [United States]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

29 November 2019 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Human Lost

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polygon Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Confusing and Forgettable

Human Lost is a hodgepodge of anime tropes and concepts that shows its influences a little too clearly. It presents a complex world with ill-defined rules that is never well explained despite tons of exposition. Because of that It is difficult to go more into details of the plot. Even taken at simple entertainment value for its action scenes it is hard to recommend since the cell shaded computer animation is uneven throughout the film taking you out of the movie. The highway scene would be one of the most entertaining part of the film if Akira didn't do it better 30 years ago. It is not a terrible film, but an easily forgettable one that might lose some viewers' attention.