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4.9After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.
Cast
- Hiroko Shimabukuro as Mai Hitomi / AI
- Eriko Imai as Yoko
- Takako Uehara as Rika
- Hitoe Arakaki as Nao
- Kenji Harada as Yuu
- Ryo Karato as Satoshi Takanaka
Themes
- computer
- technology
- high technology
- female protagonist
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Ratings
IMDb
4.7/10
521 votes
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Awards
- 3 wins
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 438300
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- publication date
- 1998-01-01
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7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Release
- Reception
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The film features the Japanese musical groups Speed and Da Pump.
==Plot== High school students Mainosuke "Mai" Hitomi and Yuu kiss for the first time. Later that same day Mai is hit by a truck and killed. Her scientist father, Toshihiko Hitomi, uses a scan of her memories created before her death to construct an AI copy of her, named "Ai". Soccer, the CEO of the American tech company Digital Ware, wishes to awaken his own AI and sends an agent to shoot Toshihiko and steal his software, but Toshihiko sends Ai through the modem to safety before dying. Ai finds Yuu through a school computer terminal nicknamed "Icon" that has been enhanced by Satoshi Takanaka, Mai's genius half-brother with a terminal brain disease. Yuu transfers Ai to his laptop, through which she interacts with him and Mai's old friends, including Rika, who is jealous of Yuu's love for Ai. Soccer sends Satoshi and others to chase down Yuu and capture Ai.