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Automation

8.0201813mMovieDramaScience Fiction

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.

DirectorKenjo McCurtain
WriterKenjo McCurtain

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Cast · Directed by Kenjo McCurtain

SIShuna Iijima
Shuna Iijima
CRM 2.0
YI
Yasuhiro Ito
Sato Hiro
MY
Mayumi Yamamoto
Hinako

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Automation hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 15, 2018. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.