Jin-Rô (1999)

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 | policeman | terrorism | dystopia | reference to little red riding hood | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

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

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

17 November 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Kerberos Panzer Cops

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 Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

User Reviews

Beautiful, ...but it's a long trip

After seeing this in the stores for a couple months and wondering if it was worth the $$$ i came to find out a friend of mine had bought it so he invited me over to check it out. Man am i ever glad he did because i would have been disappointed had i dropped the cash for it!!!

Jin-Roh is by no means a bad movie in fact it's quite good IF you have the patience it requires. After the opening riot scene things slow down ALOT. It's like 3/4 of the movie is spent building the movie up but it never really delivers in the end. I remember thinking "all that time for THIS ending?!"

As far as the animation, it is top notch. There is definetly an epic feel at work. Sound is also superb.

I think if maybe there had been a bit more action in the middle of this show it would have gone a long way in making this a bit more interesting.

Killer start and then a long middle and finally a pretty unsatisfying ending added up to something i wasn't thrilled about seeing save maybe for the art it'self.

I am pleased to see anime producing more mature adult titles. I am sick of mechs, dbz, and f#*king tentacles. For a welcome change from the above mentioned crap check Jin-Roh out(hey this review was just my opinion, you may love it) or better yet go pick up the far superior Perfect Blue