Japanese icons Judy Ongg and Jun Kunimura spoke with MovieWeb’s Matt Mahler about joining Apple TV+’s Western production of Sunny, a sci-fi mystery comedy with Rashida Jones and Hidetoshi Nishijima. They discussed working with a robot, the specifically Japanese themes of the show, and Jun Kunimora having his head cut off in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill.

Sunny, the highly anticipated, ten-episode series, will premiere globally with the first two episodes on Wednesday, July 10, followed by one new episode weekly through September 4 exclusively on Apple TV+.

Sunny stars Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. Though at first, Suzie resents Sunny’s attempts to fill the void in her life, gradually they develop an unexpected friendship. Together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family and become dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie never knew existed.

Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, “Sunny” is written and executive produced by Robbins, through her shingle Babka Pictures. A24 and Jones also serve as executive producers. The series is based on the book “The Dark Manual” by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan.

Sunny marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24 and Jones following the global premiere of Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed film “On the Rocks.” Jones also recently starred in Apple’s global hit series “Silo,” series based on Hugh Howey’s New York Times best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels.

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