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5 RequestsPerSecond

An animated feature in progress

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5 Requests Per Second is a film about a US-born Japanese engineer who, after his startup collapses, escapes to Tokyo and partners with a rebellious local outsider to sell AI-driven illusions to old-school corporations.

Elizabeth casually pulling Kakeru away after an office speech — Office presentation

Elizabeth and Kakeru seated at a formal hearing table — Hearing room

But as their high-stakes con spirals out of control, he is forced to confront the identity he has long ignored.

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Characters

Kakeru Haruyama

A morally ambiguous engineer-turned-founder, shaped by past missteps in Silicon Valley and pushed into fraud by bankruptcy upon arriving in Tokyo.

Startup Founder

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Elizabeth Rohm

A sharp, no-nonsense engineer who joins as CTO at a questionable startup. She makes the move after becoming frustrated with her micromanaging boss and the lack of real challenges at her main job, even though she is known as a "celebrity engineer" in Tokyo's tech scene.

CTO

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Vijay Agarwal

A brilliant but anxious engineer, childhood friend and former teammate of Kakeru in their San Francisco startup, who fled with him to Japan.

Tech Lead

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Sota Kanzaki

A sincere Japanese master's student and gifted software engineer in formation, working part-time while he turns difficult systems into practical fixes.

Software Engineer

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