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Universe Within - Tokyo

Katerina Cizek

2015 3 min

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As Yoko loses control of her body to Lou Gerrig's Disease, she prepares for her future by learning to operate (through eyeblinking) a "proxy" robot that goes out into the world for her, when she can no longer leave her Tokyo apartment.

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As Yoko loses control of her body to Lou Gerrig's Disease, she prepares for her future by learning to operate (through eyeblinking) a "proxy" robot that goes out into the world for her, when she can no longer leave her Tokyo apartment.

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• director
  Katerina Cizek
  
• producer
  David Oppenheim
  
• senior producer
  Gerry Flahive
  

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