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Tang

  • 20222022
  • 1h 56m
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5.7/10
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Tang (2022)
Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.
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Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
53
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Takahiro Miki
  • Writers
    • Arisa Kaneko(screenplay)
    • Deborah Install(based on the novel by: "A Robot in the Garden")
  • Stars
    • Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Hikari Mitsushima
    • Mikako Ichikawa
  • Director
    • Takahiro Miki
  • Writers
    • Arisa Kaneko(screenplay)
    • Deborah Install(based on the novel by: "A Robot in the Garden")
  • Stars
    • Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Hikari Mitsushima
    • Mikako Ichikawa
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    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Kazunari Ninomiya
    Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Ken Kasugai
    Hikari Mitsushima
    Hikari Mitsushima
    • Emi
    Mikako Ichikawa
    • Sakurako
    Shinya Kote
    Shinya Kote
    • Asuka Kato
    Taiga Kyômoto
    • Shinji Hayashibara
    Tetsuya Takeda
    • Masahiko Bamba
    Nao Honda
    • Rin Ohtsuki
    • Director
      • Takahiro Miki
    • Writers
      • Arisa Kaneko(screenplay)
      • Deborah Install(based on the novel by: "A Robot in the Garden")
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    • Trivia
      As well as playing the lead role of Ken, Ninomiya Kazunari also plays the role of the robot Tang and gives Tang his voice. It was Ninomiya himself who suggested to the producers that he play the role of Tang because Tang becomes a mirror of the character Ken's actions in this unique buddy movie.
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      Music and Lyrics by Milet (as milet)

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    5/10
    Cute pet-robot clunks along in predicable story
    Setting: We're in the not-so-distant future, where people own various types of fancy robots (basically the only futuristic aspect here, other than lots of neon-light adverts here and there). Most of the story takes place in Japan, but they also briefly go to China (which is very quick and easy to do in the future, apparently).

    Basic storyline: A man and a woman live together, but man does not currently have a job, and woman pays for everything, which makes her lose faith in their relationship. Suddenly a robot appears in their backyard, and man tries to find out how to get rid of it. But it's not so easy, and he decides to keep it until he can find the original owner. Along comes some scientists that help him out, and he also becomes more friendly with the robot, as it's kinda cute.

    Review: First of all, the movie is clearly aimed at kids, as the robot is very cute and child-like, so they're naturally bound to go "awww" whenever seeing it. But even with that in mind, the story is so clichéd and predictable, that I presume most movie-savvy kids will also be bored watching this (and it's probably not a movie you'd want to see more than once either), as it's at least half an hour too long. Some trimming (especially of the ending and post-story) would have helped it a lot! But as it's based on a book, they probably tried to get as much from the origin-story as they could, which is applaudable, even though the movie became a bit long in the tooth. But fans of the novel will probably be pleased - unfortunately I have not read it, which might be a reason I was not so thrilled with the story here.

    Verdict: I saw this movie on a flight from Japan (flying with JAL Airlines), and it helped me very much falling asleep, which was good! And it was a fine "waking up"-movie the next morning too, as you don't need to pay much attention in order to able to follow the story. But this is not a movie I would otherwise recommend, unless perhaps you (or your child) have a fetish for robot-movies maybe.

    Comparison: Kind of like "Wall-E (2008)" meets "Short Circuit (1986)" meets "Beethoven (1992)" (just with a robot instead of a dog). But all of those three movies were much better than this one. Still, a passable one-view timekiller though, so 5/10.
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    • Dec 10, 2022

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    • Release date
      • August 11, 2022 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Tang and Me
    • Production companies
      • Twins Japan
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,720,837
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00:1

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