Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. He also directed several live-action movies.

  • Title: Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Popularity: 6.39
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1954-04-14
  • Place of Birth: Miyagi, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 大友 克洋, Katsuhiro Ootomo
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Katsuhiro Otomo Movies

  • 2004
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    Memories of Memories

    Memories of Memories

    6 2004 HD

    Memories (1995) making-of featurette, includes introductions to the creative genius behind the shows and looks at Otomo’s previous works, such...

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  • 1988
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    Akira Production Report

    Akira Production Report

    5 1988 HD

    A documentary on the making of the Japanese animated science fiction film, Akira, created by Katsuhiro Otomo from his popular graphic novel series of...

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  • 2002
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    Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'

    Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'

    1 2002 HD

    This made-for-video documentary gives animation fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Metropolis, the film adaptation of classic manga...

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  • 1994
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    Manga!

    Manga!

    7 1994 HD

    BBC's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by...

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  • 1988
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    Akira

    Akira

    7.9 1988 HD

    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a...

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  • 2007
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    Mushi-Shi: The Movie

    Mushi-Shi: The Movie

    6 2007 HD

    Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi...

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  • 2007
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    Mushi-Shi: The Movie

    Mushi-Shi: The Movie

    6 2007 HD

    Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi...

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  • 2004
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    Steamboy

    Steamboy

    6.853 2004 HD

    After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the...

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  • 2004
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    Steamboy

    Steamboy

    6.853 2004 HD

    After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the...

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  • 2001
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    7.1 2001 HD

    Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally...

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  • 1995
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    Memories

    Memories

    7.4 1995 HD

    In this anime anthology, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in "Magnetic Rose"; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological...

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  • 1989
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    Neo Tokyo

    Neo Tokyo

    6.8 1989 HD

    A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate...

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  • 1991
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    World Apartment Horror

    World Apartment Horror

    5.8 1991 HD

    A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail....

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  • 2012
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    Combustible

    Combustible

    6.7 2012 HD

    The city of Edo, the 18th century. Owaka, the daughter of a merchant family, and her childhood friend Matsukichi. The two were drawn to each other,...

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  • 2012
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    Combustible

    Combustible

    6.7 2012 HD

    The city of Edo, the 18th century. Owaka, the daughter of a merchant family, and her childhood friend Matsukichi. The two were drawn to each other,...

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  • 1995
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    Memories

    Memories

    7.4 1995 HD

    In this anime anthology, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in "Magnetic Rose"; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological...

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  • 1995
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    Memories

    Memories

    7.4 1995 HD

    In this anime anthology, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in "Magnetic Rose"; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological...

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  • 1995
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    Memories

    Memories

    7.4 1995 HD

    In this anime anthology, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in "Magnetic Rose"; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological...

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  • 2013
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    A Farewell to Weapons

    A Farewell to Weapons

    5.8 2013 HD

    In a post-apocalyptic future, a group of soldiers is sent to a ghost city to destroy an automated sentry.

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  • 2013
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    Short Peace

    Short Peace

    6.5 2013 HD

    A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family...

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  • 1998
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    Gundam: Mission to the Rise

    Gundam: Mission to the Rise

    5.5 1998 HD

    Gundam Mission to the Rise is a short CGI movie with a duration of 5 minutes directed by Katsuhiro Otomo aired during the Gundam Big Bang Project...

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  • 1991
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    World Apartment Horror

    World Apartment Horror

    5.8 1991 HD

    A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail....

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  • 1979
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    High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms

    High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms

    2 1979 HD

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  • 1988
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    Akira

    Akira

    7.9 1988 HD

    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a...

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  • 1988
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    Akira

    Akira

    7.9 1988 HD

    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a...

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  • 1983
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    Harmagedon

    Harmagedon

    5 1983 HD

    From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his...

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  • 2004
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    Steamboy

    Steamboy

    6.853 2004 HD

    After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the...

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  • 2011
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    Legend of the Millennium Dragon

    Legend of the Millennium Dragon

    5.8 2011 HD

    A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series...

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  • 2023
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    Nezumikozo Jirokichi

    Nezumikozo Jirokichi

    1 2023 HD

    Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a decade depicts pioneering 1930s director...

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  • 1970
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    Orbital Era

    Orbital Era

    1 1970 HD

    The story takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction. An action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment...

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  • 2016
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    DOMU (Pilot)

    DOMU (Pilot)

    1 2016 HD

    Unrealized live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu manga.

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  • 2016
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    DOMU (Pilot)

    DOMU (Pilot)

    1 2016 HD

    Unrealized live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu manga.

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  • 2016
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    DOMU (Pilot)

    DOMU (Pilot)

    1 2016 HD

    Unrealized live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu manga.

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  • 1997
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    Gondora

    Gondora

    5 1997 HD

    A short movie about a guy living in his own world.

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  • 1988
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    So What

    So What

    1 1988 HD

    In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.

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  • 1970
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    Akira

    Akira

    1 1970 HD

    The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.

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  • 1982
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    Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

    Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

    1 1982 HD

    Live action film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

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  • 1982
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    Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

    Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

    1 1982 HD

    Live action film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

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  • 1987
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    Robot Carnival

    Robot Carnival

    6.6 1987 HD

    An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

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  • 1995
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    Stink Bomb

    Stink Bomb

    1 1995 HD

    After swallowing a pill he thought was cold medicine, a young Japanese chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon,...

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  • 2023
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    Nezumikozo Jirokichi

    Nezumikozo Jirokichi

    1 2023 HD

    Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a decade depicts pioneering 1930s director...

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  • 1998
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    Spriggan

    Spriggan

    6.1 1998 HD

    An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

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  • 2001
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    7.1 2001 HD

    Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally...

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  • 2007
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    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    3.7 2007 HD

    Summer, 2006. A 5th grader Ryuhei discovers a notebook entitled "Tokyo Exploring Records." It was a journal kept by his father, Shohei, when he was...

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  • 1991
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    Roujin Z

    Roujin Z

    6.5 1991 HD

    Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public...

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  • 1991
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    Roujin Z

    Roujin Z

    6.5 1991 HD

    Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public...

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  • 1970
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    Orbital Era

    Orbital Era

    1 1970 HD

    The story takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction. An action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment...

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Orbital Era

    Orbital Era

    1 1970 HD

    The story takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction. An action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment...

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Orbital Era

    Orbital Era

    1 1970 HD

    The story takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction. An action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment...

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  • 1998
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    Gundam: Mission to the Rise

    Gundam: Mission to the Rise

    5.5 1998 HD

    Gundam Mission to the Rise is a short CGI movie with a duration of 5 minutes directed by Katsuhiro Otomo aired during the Gundam Big Bang Project...

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  • 2007
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    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    3.7 2007 HD

    Summer, 2006. A 5th grader Ryuhei discovers a notebook entitled "Tokyo Exploring Records." It was a journal kept by his father, Shohei, when he was...

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  • 2007
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    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

    3.7 2007 HD

    Summer, 2006. A 5th grader Ryuhei discovers a notebook entitled "Tokyo Exploring Records." It was a journal kept by his father, Shohei, when he was...

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  • 1987
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    Robot Carnival

    Robot Carnival

    6.6 1987 HD

    An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Neo Tokyo

    Neo Tokyo

    6.8 1989 HD

    A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate...

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  • 1981
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    Shuffle

    Shuffle

    7.3 1981 HD

    Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run from police who would arrest him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi. At the same time, he wants revenge on the...

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  • 1987
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    The Order to Stop Construction

    The Order to Stop Construction

    1 1987 HD

    A salary man is sent by his boss to go to the jungle to stop a construction job.

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  • 1987
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    The Order to Stop Construction

    The Order to Stop Construction

    1 1987 HD

    A salary man is sent by his boss to go to the jungle to stop a construction job.

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    The Order to Stop Construction

    The Order to Stop Construction

    1 1987 HD

    A salary man is sent by his boss to go to the jungle to stop a construction job.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.6 1970 HD

    An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.6 1970 HD

    An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    5.6 1970 HD

    In the year 2267, more than 160 years after the Skyport orbital station fell to Earth and wiped out all of humanity, Eden is a thriving lunar colony...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E7

    5.6 1970 HD

    In the year 2267, more than 160 years after the Skyport orbital station fell to Earth and wiped out all of humanity, Eden is a thriving lunar colony...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    8 1970 HD

    The story follows a young vampire boy named Hipira who lives in Salta, an eternally dark city of vampires. He goes on a series of adventures with the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E22

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.6 1970 HD

    An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E22

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    1 1970 HD

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