Talk:Hinokio

About the film
"Hinokio" appears to be a 2005 Japanese film featuring a young boy with an unspecified, possibly contagious illness (Ali McGraw Syndrome, perhaps?) and his friendship with a robot, who embodies the sympathy and courage that his schoolmates lack. The theme is familiar enough in Japanese cinema: humans need tech to teach them to be more human. Therein lies the importance of the film, as an example of an idea that, right or wrong, has shaped much of 21st century Japanese culture. However, the first post's claim that "Hinokio" is an "ass cast" is much more intriguing.

"Hinokio" promotional website - http://www.hinokio-movie.com/trailer.html


 * Not too sure about the illness, but it's not contagious. Just bad things have happened to him recently, and he's essentially become a recluse.  Luckily his father is still there and very loving of him (though he has trouble expressing this at first) and gives him a robot with which he can recommunicate with the world.  There's not really a 'friendship' between Hinokio and Satoru, because Hinokio is Satoru, as he "pilots" the robot from his room.  So the kid-robot-friendship theme wouldn't apply.  The movie instead is about someone rediscovering his feelings and being able to put a tragic past behind him.  --Crisu 07:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)