Bekushiru: 2077 Nihon sakoku (2007)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Fumihiko Sori

Writers:

Haruka Handa (writer)
Fumihiko Sori (writer)

Release Date:

18 August 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The dark secret of future Tokyo!

Plot:

Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind. |

Plot Keywords:

Android | Female Warrior | Artificial Intelligence | Terrorism | Megacorporation

Cast

Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Lt. Cdr. Vexille Serra (voice: English version)
Meisa Kuroki	...	Vexille (voice)
Shosuke Tanihara	...	Leon (voice)
Travis Willingham	...	Cdr. Leon Fayden (voice: English version)
Christine M. Auten	...	Maria (voice: English version) (as Christine Auten)
Yasuko Matsuyuki	...	Maria (voice)
Christopher Sabat	...	Zak (voice: English version)
Jason Douglas	...	Saito (voice: English version)
Luci Christian	...	Takashi (voice: English version)
Illich Guardiola	...	Ryo (voice: English version)
J. Michael Tatum	...	Kisaragi (voice: English version)
Todd Haberkorn	...	Taro (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Captain Borg (voice: English version)
Phil Parsons	...	Saga (voice: English version)
Kent Williams	...	Itakura (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Vexille (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief strong language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Australia:M | Netherlands:12

Company:

Avex Entertainment

Soundtrack:

Bird Flu

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It's 2067 and Japan has become a nation completely cut off from the rest of the world because it refuses to adhere to a U.N. mandate banning the development and manufacturing of human-like androids. The nation has also set up a sophisticated magnetic force field that effectively bars all outsiders from entering its borders. S.W.O.R.D. is a secret U.S. special forces team sent in to find out what diabolical activities are occurring on the inside. The main character, Vexille, is a feisty female member of this special ops force.

"Vexille" is a stylish and energetic dystopian fantasy, marked by imaginative storytelling, exciting action sequences, and animation that is a canny mixture of art deco, Soviet-era agitprop - with its heavy emphasis on facial shadowing - and technology-based futurism. Nicely done.