Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 (1993)

When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writer:

Kazunori Itô

Stars:

Mîna Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Michihiro Ikemizu

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Cast

Credited cast:
Mîna Tominaga	...	Noa Izumi
Toshio Furukawa	...	Asuma Shinohara
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Isao Ohta
Issei Futamata	...	Mikiyasu Shinshi
Daisuke Gôri	...	Hiromi Yamazaki
Shigeru Chiba	...	Shigeo Shiba
Osamu Saka	...	Seitaro Sakaki
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Kiichi Gotoh
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Shinobu Nagumo
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Detective Matsui
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Blain Fairman	...	Shigeki Arakawa (voice) (as Blair Fairman)
Briony Glassco	...	Noa Izumi (voice)
Edward Glen	...	Shigo (voice)
Sharon Holm	...	Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
David Jarvis	...	Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Storyline

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

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Plot Keywords:

military | robot | police | marital law | digit in title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English German French

Release Date:

7 August 1993 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Patlabor 2

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd., I.G Tatsunoko

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film sparked controversy less than two years after it was released when on March 20, 1995, the religious cult released sarin gas on several lines of the Tokyo Metro subway, killing a dozen people, injuring fifty and inflicting temporary vision problems to a thousand other commuters. The film scene in question was when a group of airships flew over Tokyo and crashed, releasing colored gas that was shortly deemed harmless.

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Quotes

Arakawa: Tsuge's putting us in the same position he was in three years ago: no backup. No rules of engagement. That's how bitter he is.

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Connections

Followed by WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)

User Reviews

A complex, memorable politico-military thriller

This is a fine example of what Japanese animation can produce at its best. The style of this movie strongly reminds me of a Tom Clancy novel, which is unusual for anime. At the beginning I was a little put off by the slow pace of the movie, but as the story unfolded, I was sucked in by its complexity and realism. Indeed, the conflict and the political games between the government, the army and the police are so well constructed that I thought "this could *really* happen!"

If you liked this movie you should try to see "Jin-roh". There's the same kind of political and military intrigue but the story is more personal and close to the action than the high-circle strategy atmosphere which permeates Patlabor 2.