Detroit: Become Human" Unveils Spin-Off Movie "Tokyo: Become Human" Life Episode! Unlock Another Choice to "Save" the Androids

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SEE) has released the spin-off movie "Tokyo: Become Human" Life Arc from "Detroit: Become Human" for PS4, scheduled for release on Friday, May 25, 2018.

Detroit: Become Human" is a spin-off movie of "Tokyo: Become Human" by French game developer Quantic Dream, creators of high-quality adventure games such as "Heavy Rain" (PS4/PS3) and "Beyond: Two Souls" (PS4/PS3). This is the latest title from French game maker Quantic Dream.

The story takes place in Detroit in the year 2038, where "androids" have developed AI and robotics that have given them intelligence and appearance beyond that of humans. While society enjoys unprecedented affluence, the rising unemployment rate and widening disparity between the rich and poor have increased anti-android sentiment. Machines that act on their own initiative, as if they were human beings. Is it a life or a thing? Through androids, what is a human being?　What is life?　Players will be confronted with these questions again and again through the three androids, "Kara," "Connor," and "Marcus.

In this "open scenario adventure," the story changes dramatically depending on the player's actions and choices. Decisions, statements, and actions taken by the player in the story will change the situation, and have a significant impact on the development and ending of the story itself.

By actively making a series of choices, players will choose the fates of various characters and the fate of the world of humans and androids. Although set in the near future, the game's human themes are also relevant to today's world, allowing players to enjoy an unprecedentedly realistic and "personal" storytelling experience while being emotionally moved by the story.

Tokyo: Become Human" "Life Arc", which was released this time, is a counterpart to "Tokyo: Become Human" "Mono Arc" (released on Wednesday, May 16), which depicted androids being treated as objects and "not to be saved", and is another "choice". The "Mono Arc" was released on May 16 (Wed.). When the "Mono-Arch" was released, there were many people on SNS who said they wanted to save the android and wanted to see the scene where the android is saved, which led to the release of the "Life-Arch".

Various reviews on the Internet were also developed, such as "How will androids be treated in the future?" and "It makes me think about whether that choice is the right one. The coexistence of humans and androids will come sooner or later. When androids, which are supposed to be emotionless, show emotions like people, will you treat them as people?　Or will you treat them as objects?　Please compare "Life" and "Object" and think about it.

Tokyo: Become Human" Life

Tokyo: Become Human" Mono-hen

In addition, special interviews with Moka Hoshi, who plays the role of the android librarian, Ayumi Mochizuki, who plays Matsushima, a high school student, and JIRO, a special makeup artist, have also arrived, so we will introduce them as well.

＜Special Interviews

Interview with Moka Hozhi, who plays the role of an android librarian

Q. What were you careful about when playing the role of an android?
A. I tried to look as lifeless as possible. When I smiled, I lifted the corners of my mouth and squinted my eyes, moved my face partially, blinked as little as possible, and was careful about the way I walked.

Q. What was your honest impression when you were offered the role of an android?
A. I thought it would be interesting and difficult at the same time. I felt that it would be difficult to play the role of a person who has feelings, and to play the role of a person who does not have feelings, and in the midst of that, develop feelings.

Q. Was there any performance or scene that the director ordered that was difficult for you?
A. The director asked me to show in the final scene that the librarian has feelings and hides them from the audience at the end of the story when she chooses not to save him. It was difficult because I had to make that sense of despair happen more deeply in me and convey it to the audience in a short period of time as the truth.


Interview with Ayumu Mochizuki, who plays Matsushima, a high school student

Q. You played a role in a story that diverges depending on the choices one makes.
A. I think I would choose "save". In playing Matsushima, I felt that the time I spent with the android was not a bad thing, but rather a pleasant place to be. I felt that he wanted to cherish those memories as his own, and I sympathize with his choice to "save" the android because it looks like a person to him.

Q. What do you want viewers to feel?
A. To be honest, I think androids are "objects. But what will they do if that thing appeals to them? Like Matsushima, its choice may change the future drastically. Through this story, I would be happy if you could think about one such choice, such as what I would do at this time.


Interview with JIRO, special makeup artist

Q. What did you focus on to make the character look like an android?
A. To make the skin look androgynous, I used a cream with a green pigment in it to remove redness, and then applied a foundation with good coverage to the face, neck, and ears to hide blood vessels and unevenness and even out the skin. To give the skin an artificial look, a layer of pearl powder was applied to the entire face, neck, and ears, with an extra layer of highlights to emphasize reflections not found in human skin. The hairline was painted with an airbrush to give the appearance of an artificial, sharp hairline, and the eyebrows and frown lines were straightened to create an inorganic image. For the eyes, we used black colored contacts with inconspicuous irises to create emotionless eyes.


<Profiles of the actors

Ayumu Mochiduki
Born on September 28, 2000.
In 2014, he played the role of Takuya Kashiwagi, a junior high school student, in "Solomon's Perjury," a movie written by Miyabe Miyuki. He became the talk of the town. He has since appeared in the TBS dramas "Mother Game" and "Unnatural," as well as the NTV drama "Motherhood," where he gave a unique and memorable performance.


Moeka Hoshi
Born on August 23, 1995.
She won the Kodansha Miss ID 2016 Grand Prix. She was a member of "Motegi no Yolkimo Tutsubusubusu? (MBS/TBS), "The Black Company" (CS Fuji TV TWO), and starred in JUJU Music Video "Tokyo" (Director: Kentaro Hagiwara), which received over 5 million views. The movie "Shoujo KAIKOU" (directed by Yuka Eda), in which she plays the lead role, will be released on June 30 at Shinjuku Musashino Theater and other theaters nationwide.


＜Profile of Special Makeup Artist JIRO
After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, JIRO began his career as a special makeup artist and established Jiyu-Ryo Ltd. Currently, he is active not only in special makeup and modeling, but also as a creative director in the film, drama, commercial, and other industries, as well as in many other fields. His rich expressiveness based on his unique philosophy and solid technical skills are highly regarded both in Japan and abroad, and he is attracting attention as a reformer in the face painting, special makeup, modeling, and art world.

After winning the "TV Champion" special makeup king championship on the TV Tokyo network for two consecutive years, he became the certified champion. He was selected as one of the "10 Artists to Watch in the World" by "Make-up Artist Magazine," which is read in 70 countries around the world. He creates works using cutting-edge painting techniques, and has attracted the world with his creativity and high quality.

In 2017, he released his first collection of works, "Amazing JIRO -SPECIAL MAKEUP-" (Publisher: Little More).


[Product Information].
Detroit: Become Human
Compatibility: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro
Genre: Open scenario adventure
∙ Release date: May 25, 2018 (Friday)
Number of players: 1
・Price: Blu-ray Disc version: 6,900 yen (excluding tax) Download version: 6,900 yen (excluding tax)
CERO: D (for ages 17 and up)
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Pre-order page (PS Store): #


Detroit: Become Human Premium Edition
Compatibility: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro
Genre: Open scenario adventure
∙ Release date: May 25, 2018 (Friday)
Number of players: 1
Price: 8,900 yen (excluding tax) for the Blu-ray Disc version *This is a limited-quantity product. It will end as soon as it is gone.
Contents: "Detroit: Become Human" Blu-ray Disc edition, Japan-only special edition art book, original digital soundtrack, original PS4 theme, original stickers, special box
CERO: D (for ages 17 and up)
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.


Detroit: Become Human Digital Deluxe Edition
Compatibility: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro
Genre: Open scenario adventure
∙ Release date: Friday, May 25, 2018
Number of players: 1
Price: 7,900 yen (excluding tax) for download version
Contents: "Detroit: Become Human" main game download version, international digital art book, original digital soundtrack, original PS4 theme
CERO: D (for ages 17 and up)
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
・Pre-order page (PS Store): #


Developed by Quantic Dream.