Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
"Jin-Rô" (original title)

A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.

Director:

Hiroyuki Okiura

Writers:

Mamoru Oshii (creator), Mamoru Oshii,

Stars:

Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Hiroyuki Kinosha

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yoshikazu Fujiki	...	Kazuki Fuse (as Yoshikatsu Fujiki)
Sumi Mutoh	...	Kei Amemiya
Hiroyuki Kinosha	...	Atsuhi Henmi (as Hiroyuki Kinoshita)
Yukio Hiroda	...	Bunmei Muroto
Yukihiro Yoshida	...	Hajime Handa
Eri Sendai	...	Nanami Agawa (voice)
Kenji Nakagawa	...	Isao Aniya
Tamio Ôki	...	CAPO Officer (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Abrahams	...	Narrator, Hachiro Tohbe (voice)
Michael Dobson	...	Kazuki Fuse (voice)
Paul Dobson	...	(voice)
Brian Drummond	...	(voice)
Ron Halder	...	Shiro Tatsumi (voice)
Ryuichi Horibe	...	Shiroh Tatsumi
David Kaye	...	(voice)

Storyline

Ten years after the end of World War II; anti-terror policeman Fuse gets suspended from service after the suicide by self-detonation of a young terrorist girl during an operation, as he failed to shoot her in time. When he tries to gather some information about her, he meets her sister and befriends with her. Both get dragged into the rivalries between the administration of the police and the counter terrorism commando unit 'Jin Roh' (human wolves).

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Plot Keywords:

police | terrorism | policeman | gore | shootout | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Production I.G. [jp] (english) Production I.G. [jp] (japanese)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

17 November 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,322 (USA) (6 July 2001)

Gross:

$94,591 (USA) (7 September 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Production I.G.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was submitted for an Oscar for Best Animated Film, but was rejected, because it was already shown on home video in Japan.

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Connections

Referenced in Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (2004)

User Reviews

Tragic but at the same time touching story

Whoa. Everything seems to click in the right place with Jin-Rô. Awfully tragic and cold story of a man with the nature of beast trying to interact with an ordinary girl. Of course it's all wrapped around political conspiracy plots and lots of references to fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood", but I think most of the time the movie still works quite nice as it is.

Animation is fluid and smooth, soundtrack is beautiful and the few action sequences the movie provides simply kick ass. But the main thing in Jin-Rô is the impossible and tragic relationship between a beast and a man. This aspect is done extremely well in the movie, thanks to supporting soundtrack, great voice actors and painfully emotional and touching end. I dare not to spoil it, but these kind of endings are rare in the movies, animated or real. Bold move, and it works like a dynamite.

Jin-Rô exceeded all my expectations, although they were quite high before I ever saw it.