

Automation
2018-08-27 · 13 min · ★ 8.0
Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.
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- Kenjo McCurtain
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- Japan
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