Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (1998) Japan
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Director:Hiroyuki Okiura
Studio:Bandai
Producer:Hidekazu Terakawa, Kenji Horikawa, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Sugita
Writer:Robert Chomiak, Mamoru Oshii
Rating:4
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-04-08
Purchased On:2006-08-04
ASIN:B00005UW7E
UPC:0669198188190
Price:$29.98
Awards:5 wins & 1 nomination
Genre:DTS
Release:2002-05-03
IMDb:0193253
Duration:102
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Japanese
Subtitles:English
Features:Anamorphic
Animated
Live
Hiroyuki Okiura  ...  (Director)
Robert Chomiak, Mamoru Oshii  ...  (Writer)
 
Michael Dobson  ...  Kazuki Fuse
Yoshikazu Fujiki  ...  Kazuki Fuse
Sumi Mutoh  ...  Kei Amemiya
Hiroyuki Kinosha  ...  Atsuhi Henmi (as Hiroyuki Kinoshita)
Yukio Hiroda  ...  Bunmei Muroto
Yukihiro Yoshida  ...  Hajime Handa
Michael Kopsa  ...  Hajime Handa (voice: English version)
Kenji Nakagawa  ...  Isao Aniya
Tamio Ôki  ...  CAPO Officer (voice)
Paul Dobson  ...  Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil  ...  Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Doug Abrahams  ...  Narrator, Hachiro Tohbe (voice: English version)
Brian Drummond  ...  Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sendai Eri  ...  Nanami Agawa (as Eri Sendai)
Ron Halder  ...  Shiro Tatsumi (voice: English version)
Ryuichi Horibe  ...  Shiroh Tatsumi
David Kaye  ...  Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Colin Murdock  ...  Atsushi Henmi (voice: English version)
Maggie Blue O'Hara  ...  Nanami Agawa (voice: English version)
Yoshisada Sakaguchi  ...  Hachiroh Tohbe
Moneca Stori  ...  Kei Amemiya
French Tickner  ...  Isao Aniya (voice: English version)
Lee Tockar  ...  Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dale Wilson  ...  Bunmei Muroto
Tamio Ôki  ...  CAPO Officer (voice)
Eri Sendai  ...  Nanami Agawa (voice)
Summary: Written by Mamoru Oshii (the director of the cult favorite Ghost in the Shell) and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (a key animator on Akira), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade offers a violent but compelling vision in animation. The story is set in a fictionalized version of the recent past, when a repressive Japanese government is battling the Sect, a violent revolutionary organization that uses adolescent girls they call "Red Riding Hoods" as couriers. During a raid, Capitol Police Constable Kazuki Fuse (pronounced "foo-seh," voice by Michael Dobson) balks at killing Nanami Agawa (Maggie Blue O'Hare), one of the Red Riding Hoods. She commits suicide with a powerful bomb. While Fuse undergoes retraining, he meets Nanami's older sister, Kei (Moneca Stori), and initiates an odd romance. Soon both characters are caught in a web of plots and counterplots that center on the possibility that Fuse may be a "wolf," a member of a secret cabal within the Capitol Police.
Jin-Roh is drawn in a comic book style that recalls the work of the popular graphic novelist and film designer Jean "Moebius" Giraud; Okiura's skillful cutting and striking imagery transcend the limited animation. Although anime continues to grow in popularity in America, it's rare for a Japanese feature to receive even a limited theatrical release, as this one did: a dark, brooding film of exceptional power, Jin-Roh deserves to be seen by a large audience.
Suitable for ages 18 and up: considerable violence, profanity, and tobacco use. --Charles Solomon