The film starts showcasing an industrial atmosphere showcasing the fears of Japanese society, as a sex android engages in an orgy and is disposed by the staff. The film showcases a japan that is unstable as the cracking economy is everywhere in the film, the android ends up meeting a woman and due to them being people both thrown out of society they decide to stick together. The android in the film represents both trans and post-humanism as Japan’s technological dominance at the time creates new technological entities that change society and humanity through technology creating a next stage of humanity combined with technology. The film showcases a shop selling TVs that the android walks past. This demonstrates the problematic issues of Japanese consumer culture. The film examines what happens to this technology when it’s no longer needed which is a problem as is creates a disposable product for the capitalist culture to be used by the Japanese work force. The film is ultimately a showcase of japans technological and industrial fears with is reflected in the films setting.
A woman finds the android and decides to take him in. the film is ultimately a retailing of the Pinocchio story. The film interjects this classic story with transhumanism as these new cyborgs are being created and live amongst Japanese society showcasing a paranoid blur on man and machine. This film also shows that this will lead to posthumanism were the lines between man and machine are blurred creating a new identity in the form of Pinocchio the sex android. Like the story of Pinocchio, the woman tires to turn the android into a real person, as the android was thrown out by his owners as he could not maintain an erection. Pinocchio and Himiko go to a supermarket which showcases japans unstable cracking economy with the showing of inflated prices. This also demonstrates japans reliance on consumer culture as a method of life at the exploitation of others. This exploitation is primarily the Japanese work force at the hands of capitalism as Pinocchio is seen as a worthless product tossed aside by society. The film flashes back to the android getting thrown out by his owner due to his inability to maintain an erection as they see the android as rubbish and discuss getting a new one. This. Demonstrates the problematic issues of consumer culture and what will happen to technology like the android a consumer product when it is no longer needed. His inability to work is a criticism of Japans work obsessed culture as the android represents working people being destroyed by capitalism.
The fact that the android is expensive showcases japans unstable cracking economy, as Himiko make Pinocchio say his name highlighting the themes of transhumanism and posthumanism the film as Pinocchio becomes more intelligent and, in a way, evolves. The makers of Pinocchio go and end of looking for him as they find he is missing. This again showcases a criticism of japans consumer culture as technology will just be disposed acting as a criticism of Japanese capitalism. Pinocchio is like a child as they throw him out because he in ineffective witch again showcases the issues of Japanese technological consumer culture. Pinocchio ends up malfunctioning showing the issues of consumer culture as the android is just shown to be a product of the disposable work force and acts as a criticism of Japanese work-based capitalist culture. Pinocchio suffers from an existential crisis as he contemplates his own existence and reality itself. Pinocchio is a piece of transhuman/posthuman technology a primitive example of the next stage of human technological evolution town out for being infective exposing Japans creaking economy and consumerist culture. Pinocchio and Himiko decide to stick together and find their own memories and find out that the people who originally owned Pinocchio are tracking him down as Pinocchio gets kidnaped. This demonstrates Japans need for consumer culture in a collapsing economy as the people need the android as through consumer culture, they have power. The film demonstrates what happens when technology in no longer needed as Pinocchio is symbolic of the Japanese work force used, abused and town out just an inhuman piece of rubbish.
Pinocchio and Himiko seem to love each in their own messed up way as she was distraught when he wasn’t there which showcases that transhumanism can be good and trans and post humanism are necessary. Pinocchio is shown to be controlled in his mind as he is a sex android made for consumption as Pinocchio loses his mind and malfunctions. This shows japans unstable economy as Pinocchio malfunctions showcases japan economy in a state of diaper. The film showcases the themes of trans, and post humanism as shown with the android as he showcases the issues of consumer and work culture in Japanese society and shown through the body horror this technology will destroy the Japanese people. From this Pinocchio transforms into something new free from the shackles of society however this is freedom is also shown to be a painful experience. Himiko is also shown to seemly be android or at least part android and goes on a crazy breakdown. This demonstrates Japans cracking economy as people creak under the pressure of Japanese society, this also demonstrates the themes of trans and posthumanism as she fights to accept her part within this changing world. This also demonstrates the problematic issues of Japanese consumer culture and the disposability of people in Japanese work and capitalist culture as they are both consumer products the be used and thrown away. Himiko vomits up mush botch is like her fuel witch she tries to re-consume, as she comes across Pinocchio and looks like his seemly dying and tries to help him out of the void with indusial imagery seemly killing him. this demonstrates the themes of trans, and post humanism shows the destruction of people though consumer culture as these consumer products is seemly dying.
This also demonstrates the fears of technology take-over of Japanese society and that this discarded technology will change society in one way shape or form. As well as this, this film criticises Japanese work culture as through Pinocchio the Japanese worker is destroyed by the obsessive work force and worked to death as show with the destruction of Pinocchio. The film critics Japanese capitalist society and how this system exploits people and products alike blending the lines between the two and seeing them as deposable items. Himiko gets a load of industrial tools and materials together witch again showcases japan consumer culture and unstable economy, as Himiko goes to Pinocchio the help him and look after him. Himiko takes Pinocchio to a junk hardwire she snaps metal cuffs to him and fuels them to him to keep him under control as she tricks him malfunctioning herself as she drags him around. The themes of trans and post humanism as the film demonstrates that Pinocchio is the next stage of humanity. Pinocchio being thrown out demonstrates an old product exploited by the Japanese work force under capitalism. When he throws food waste, she becomes angry and dumps food all over him seemly trying to make him chock to death. Himiko tries to torture him by melting his cuffs and forcing the metal down his throat. She then snaps out of it as it seems that all the androids are seemly interconnected. The main bad guy gets a signal from 964 and hopes his dead as they are worried about selling stock and increasing production. This demonstrates japans unstable cracking economy as his live is based on his means to turn a profit. This again demonstrates the problems of Japanese consumer culture as Pinocchio is a product of the disposable work effort a thing that can’t work and is thrown away.
This showcases the criticism of a work obsessed culture and how capitalism creates this. They end up finding a safe place as the android seemly evolves in a painful disgusting body horror way as this transformation shows transhumanism and the fears of the evolution of humanity though technology. As this is happening the sex bot company people are tracking him down and send people to kill her with gas as they knock him out quickly as they only have ten gas bullets. This demonstrates Japan’s unstable cracking economy and the problematic issues of Japanese consumer culture as they need the androids to work to make money to feed the Japanese economy. The organisation tracks the down and tries to kill them with gas as Kimiko kills them again showcasing transhumanism as she can live though humanity and the natural causes of death. Pinocchio ends up evolving as the woman tires to kill them to stop his suffering. This transhumanism shows how ugly Japanese consumer culture can be as how the Japanese economy can be destroyed. Kimiko ends up teaming up with the android workers as they release Pinocchio has gone crazy as the film comments on japans unstable cracking economy. Pinocchio ends up escaping and runs though the street. He is a product of the disposable work effort a thing that can’t do it job a thrown away abject. This is criticism of work obsessed culture of Japan showcasing the destruction of working people under the capitalist work machine. Himiko and the sex bot people end up teaming up as Pinocchio’s memory comes back to him along with all his past trauma therefore, he goes crazy a believes he must kill them. This crazed bot demonstrated the destruction of the unstable economy as something that is slowly being destroyed. This also demonstrates Japanese consumer culture and work culture exposing the capitalist machine as he realises his just a product.
Pinocchio asks Himiko why she dint help him, she says he should die, and she did this to help him. Himiko rips of her head as she turns into a big ball of mush as he rips her face off as punishment for not helping him. He then hugs her as he goes insane as the film shows that she accepts him and herself as he rips her head off and they become one as they end up stating their love for each other. This shows japans unstable cracking economy as Japan will be destroyed but something new will come in its path. This also demonstrates the problematic issues off Japanese consumer culture n that it is this culture that has destroyed them. As well as this, transhumanism is also shown as aa new lifeform is created form the girl. Pinocchio and Himiko has transcended the capitalist exploited work force and has become a new entity outside of Japanese society. The film ends with the two of them in a nightclub raving together which shows eventually they are consumed they are still inside their own head’s dreams living out their lives.
964 Pinocchio is a film that analysis japans collapsing economy in the nineties and the problems of Japanese consumer culture. The film explores transhumanism and criticises the Japanese work based culture and the exploitation it creates.