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

Director:

Hiroyuki Okiura

Writers:

Mamoru Oshii (creator) and
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Release Date:

17 November 1999 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Terrorism | Policeman | Gore | Shootout

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

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
Sendai Eri	...	Nanami Agawa (voice)
Kenji Nakagawa	...	Isao Aniya
Tamio Ôki	...	CAPO Officer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Abrahams	...	Narrator, Hachiro Tohbe (voice: English version)
Michael Dobson	...	Kazuki Fuse (voice: English version)
Paul Dobson	...	(voice: English version)
Brian Drummond	...	(voice: English version)
Ron Halder	...	Shiro Tatsumi (voice: English version)
Ryuichi Horibe	...	Shiroh Tatsumi
David Kaye	...	(voice: English version)
Michael Kopsa	...	Hajime Handa (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil	...	(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	...	(voice: English version)
Dale Wilson	...	Bunmei Muroto (voice: English version)

Directed by
Hiroyuki Okiura

Writing credits
Mamoru Oshii		creator and
Mamoru Oshii		writer
Robert Chomiak		English adaptation

Produced by
Kenji Horikawa	....	line producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa	....	executive producer
Tsutomu Sugita	....	producer
Hidekazu Terakawa	....	producer
Shigeru Watanabe	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Hajime Mizoguchi

Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai

Film Editing by
Shûichi Kakesu

Art Direction by
Hiromasa Ogura

Production Management
Kenji Horikawa	....	production manager

Art Department
Yumiko Katayama	....	color supervisor
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	storyboard artist
Yayoi Tobe	....	color designer
Takashi Watabe	....	graphic artist
Youko Watanabe	....	color designer

Sound Department
Tomoyoshi Ezaki	....	sound recording engineer
Koji Fukushima	....	re-recording engineer
Takeshi Hakamata	....	assistant mixing engineer (as Takeshi Hakamada)
Hajime Mizoguchi	....	sound recording engineer
Keiichi Nakagawa	....	sound recording engineer
Toru Noguchi	....	sound effects
Mitsukuni Ozeki	....	assistant sound recordist
Daniel Sperry	....	dolby sound consultant
Greg Stewart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Makoto Sumiya	....	sound recordist
Shinji Takano	....	assistant sound recordist
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi	....	sound director
Toshiyuki Yoshida	....	sound mixing engineer

Special Effects by
Riku Murakami	....	special effects

Animation Department
Nagisa Abe	....	ink and paint artist
Tomoyuki Abe	....	inbetween artist
Akihiko Adachi	....	inbetween artist
Katsunori Adachi	....	inbetween artist
Myung Hwa Ahn	....	inbetween artist
Kôji Aisaka	....	animator
Masahiro Andô	....	animator
Ken Arai	....	background artist
Masahiko Arai	....	inbetween artist
Motonori Arai	....	inbetween artist
Takahiro Arai	....	inbetween artist
Chie Asai	....	inbetween artist
Kyoji Asano	....	inbetween artist
Ryuichi Baba	....	inbetween artist
Ryu Chae-Ryung	....	inbetween artist
Hongmei Chen	....	ink and paint artist
Ronghua Chen	....	ink and paint artist
Yanhong Chen	....	ink and paint artist
Jidong Cheng	....	ink and paint artist
Xioujuan Cheng	....	ink and paint artist
Yuhai Cheng	....	ink and paint artist
Takaaki Chiba	....	inbetween artist
Takahiro Chiba	....	inbetween artist
Hyun Kyoung Cho	....	ink and paint artist
Kyong Suk Cho	....	inbetween artist
Mi-Young Choi	....	ink and paint artist (as Mi Young Choi)
Yun Hee Choi	....	ink and paint artist
John Chung	....	inbetween artist
Kazuo Ebisawa	....	background artist
Reiko Eda	....	inbetween artist
Masahiro Emoto	....	inbetween artist
Toyoaki Emura	....	animator
David Encinas	....	inbetween artist
Xuehua Fu	....	ink and paint artist
Emiko Fujii	....	inbetween artist
Kaori Fujii	....	inbetween artist
Masahiro Fujii	....	inbetween artist
Akihito Fujimori	....	background artist
Kenji Fujisaki	....	inbetween artist
Mika Fujita	....	inbetween artist
Toshie Fujiwara	....	inbetween artist
Naoya Furukawa	....	animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	assistant key animation supervisor
Mayumi Gakubari	....	inbetween artist
Shuji Ge	....	ink and paint artist
Myung Ryun Ha	....	ink and paint artist
Takayuki Hamana	....	animator
Izumi Hara	....	inbetween artist
Kazuo Harada	....	inbetween artist
Chie Harai	....	ink and paint artist (as Chie Hirai)
Takayoshi Hashimoto	....	inbetween artist
Hye Jeong Heo	....	inbetween artist
Mayumi Hidaka	....	inbetween artist
Takanori Hirama	....	inbetween artist
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	animator
Shuichi Hirata	....	background artist
Okihito Hirose	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Hirota	....	background artist
Yoshihito Hishinuma	....	animator
Takeshi Honda	....	animator
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	animator
Kazunobu Hoshi	....	animator
Takako Hosobata	....	ink and paint artist
Naoto Hosoda	....	inbetween artist
Chiyo Hosokawa	....	inbetween artist
Rungui Huang	....	ink and paint artist
Wenli Huang	....	ink and paint artist
Yonghai Huang	....	ink and paint artist
Kum Ja Hwang	....	inbetween artist
Tatsuya Ichikawa	....	inbetween artist
Chieko Ichimanda	....	animation checker
Hiromi Igarashi	....	inbetween artist
Takeshi Ii	....	background artist
Takae Iijima	....	ink and paint checker
Kenichi Iino	....	inbetween artist
Katsuki Ikeda	....	animation checker (as Katsumi Ikeda)
Katsuki Ikeda	....	animator
Yoshio Ikezaki	....	inbetween artist
Ei Inoue	....	animator
Mie Inoue	....	inbetween artist
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator
Masashi Ishihama	....	animator
Kaori Ishikawa	....	ink and paint artist
Satomi Ishikawa	....	inbetween artist
Takayoshi Ishikawa	....	ink and paint artist
Kiyomi Ishiwata	....	inbetween artist
Kazuya Ishizaki	....	inbetween artist
Toshio Ishizaki	....	inbetween artist
Yoshiyuki Itô	....	animator
Hiroyo Izumi	....	inbetween artist
In Young Jang	....	ink and paint artist
Mi Soon Jang	....	ink and paint artist
Jeong Sook Jeon	....	ink and paint artist
Yoo Kyung Jeong	....	inbetween artist
Youn Hee Jeong	....	inbetween artist
Xueqin Jin	....	ink and paint artist
Eun Ju Ju	....	inbetween artist
Atsushi Kagawa	....	inbetween artist
Takehiko Kageyama	....	inbetween artist
Masatoshi Kai	....	background artist
Toshihisa Kaiya	....	animator
Hiroyuki Kakudo	....	animator (as Naoru Hiraki)
Kenji Kamiyama	....	animation director
Miwa Kanazawa	....	ink and paint artist
Mitsuko Kaneoka	....	inbetween artist
Fumihiro Kato	....	inbetween artist
Hiroko Kato	....	ink and paint artist
Reiko Kato	....	ink and paint checker
Eiro Kawabata	....	inbetween artist
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animator
Kyoko Kawamura	....	ink and paint artist
Kumiko Kawana	....	animator
Akiko Kazato	....	background artist
Eun-hee Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Ji Eun Kim	....	inbetween artist
La-il Kim	....	ink and paint artist
Mun Hee Kim	....	inbetween artist
Su-jung Kim	....	ink and paint artist (as Su Jung Kim)
Sung-jin Kim	....	inbetween artist
Yu Mi Kim	....	inbetween artist
Yun Hee Kim	....	inbetween artist
Takahiro Kimura	....	animator
Yuki Kimura	....	inbetween artist
Tomohiro Kitamura	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Kitano	....	animator
Kazue Kiuchi	....	ink and paint artist
Kôichirô Kiyoshima	....	inbetween artist
Norifumi Kiyozumi	....	animator
Kazuhiro Kobayashi	....	ink and paint artist
Masayuki Kobayashi	....	animator
Sachiko Kobayashi	....	inbetween artist
Jun Kodama	....	ink and paint artist
Makiko Kojima	....	ink and paint artist
Eiji Komatsu	....	inbetween artist
Genichiro Kondo	....	inbetween artist
Rie Kondou	....	inbetween artist
Chiyomi Koura	....	ink and paint artist
Nozomi Kouro	....	inbetween artist
Yasutaka Kubota	....	inbetween artist
Yuriko Kudo	....	ink and paint artist
Tetsuya Kumagai	....	animator
Misuzu Kurata	....	inbetween artist
Satoshi Kuroda	....	background artist
Shoichi Kurosawa	....	inbetween artist
Hyun Jim Kwon	....	ink and paint artist
Tae Ok Kwon	....	ink and paint artist
Masahiro Kôyama	....	animator
Dong Won Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Ji Yeon Lee	....	inbetween artist
Kang Tae Lee	....	inbetween artist
Mi Young Lee	....	ink and paint artist
Haidong Li	....	ink and paint artist
Hongbin Li	....	ink and paint artist
Xingchun Li	....	ink and paint artist
Xingfeng Li	....	ink and paint artist
Lihong Liang	....	ink and paint artist
Xiaohong Liang	....	ink and paint artist
Xiaohong Liu	....	ink and paint artist
Zenghai Liu	....	ink and paint artist
Dongge Luo	....	ink and paint artist
Lianyi Ma	....	ink and paint artist
Wei Ma	....	ink and paint artist
Junko Maeda	....	inbetween artist
Reiko Mano	....	inbetween artist
Kanako Maru	....	inbetween artist
Yoriko Masubuchi	....	inbetween artist
Kuniaki Masuda	....	inbetween artist
Mariko Matsuo	....	inbetween artist
Michio Mihara	....	animator
Yuko Minowa	....	ink and paint artist
Yukiko Mita	....	inbetween artist
Kikumi Mitsuyama	....	ink and paint artist
Naoko Miyahara	....	ink and paint artist
Yukiko Miyamoto	....	inbetween artist
Tamako Miyanishi	....	inbetween artist
Yasunori Miyazawa	....	animator
Ayako Miyoshi	....	ink and paint artist
Takuji Mogi	....	inbetween artist
Atsushi Morikawa	....	background artist
Masumi Morishita	....	inbetween artist
Fumi Morita	....	inbetween artist
Nori Morita	....	inbetween artist
Ju Youn Mun	....	inbetween artist
Kayoko Nabeta	....	animator
Kazuhiro Nagaska	....	ink and paint artist
Mika Nakabayashi	....	inbetween artist
Kaoru Nakagama	....	ink and paint artist
Megumi Nakagawa	....	ink and paint artist
Rie Nakagome	....	inbetween artist
Atsuko Nakajima	....	ink and paint artist
Yuki Nakajima	....	inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Nakamura	....	animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura	....	inbetween artist
Masako Nakamura	....	inbetween artist
Mio Nakano	....	inbetween artist
Yôji Nakaza	....	background artist
Mai Nakazato	....	inbetween artist
Rie Nakazato	....	inbetween artist
Chunjuan Ni	....	ink and paint artist
Kanji Nishida	....	animator
Masayuki Nishihara	....	inbetween artist
Hiromi Nishikawa	....	inbetween artist
Yoshiyuki Nishimura	....	inbetween artist
Tetsuya Nishio	....	animator
Tetsuya Nishio	....	character designer
Hajime Nishiyama	....	inbetween artist
Shingo Nishiyama	....	inbetween artist
Minori Noguchi	....	inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Notake	....	inbetween artist
Miho Nozuyama	....	inbetween artist
Noriko Numa	....	inbetween artist
Kenichiro Ogata	....	inbetween artist
Tamotsu Ogawa	....	inbetween artist
Kazuo Ogura	....	background artist
Masataka Ogura	....	inbetween artist
Hiroko Oguri	....	inbetween artist
Akiko Ohba	....	ink and paint artist
Takeshi Ohkoshi	....	inbetween artist
Tôru Ohkubo	....	inbetween artist
Hiroshi Ohno	....	background artist
Kumiko Ohno	....	background artist
Hiromi Ohta	....	inbetween artist (as Hiromi Ota)
Hiroyuki Oka	....	inbetween artist
Ayako Okamoto	....	inbetween artist
Hiroki Okamoto	....	inbetween artist
Tensai Okamura	....	animator
Atsushi Okita	....	inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	original character designer
Tsunenori Omura	....	inbetween artist
Ryoji Ono	....	inbetween artist
Shûji Ono	....	inbetween artist
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	inbetween artist
Yuki Oomori	....	inbetween artist
Yoko Osawa	....	ink and paint artist
Kayo Oshima	....	inbetween artist
Kazuhiro Ota	....	inbetween artist
Satoko Otsuka	....	ink and paint artist
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Chung Won Park	....	ink and paint artist
Kae-ryun Park	....	ink and paint artist (as Gae Ryun Park)
Young Shin Park	....	ink and paint artist
Seo Saeng-Hoe	....	ink and paint artist
Fumihide Sai	....	animator
Hitoshi Saiku	....	inbetween artist
Kazuharu Saito	....	inbetween artist
Yoshiaki Saito	....	inbetween artist
Masaya Saitou	....	inbetween artist
Yutaka Sakamoto	....	animation checker
Mamoru Sasaki	....	animator
Kazuhito Sassa	....	inbetween artist
Makoto Sato	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Sato	....	inbetween artist
Kouji Satou	....	inbetween artist
Takeshi Satou	....	background artist
Hiroko Satô	....	ink and paint artist
Keiko Satô	....	inbetween artist
Satomi Sawai	....	ink and paint artist
Tadashi Sawasaki	....	inbetween artist
Mizuho Segawa	....	inbetween artist
Masahiro Sekino	....	animator
Choi Seung-Ok	....	inbetween artist
Lihua Shen	....	ink and paint artist
Kazuhide Shikama	....	inbetween artist
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	animator
Keiko Shimizu	....	animator
Naoko Soeda	....	inbetween artist
Shinji Suetomi	....	inbetween artist
Megumi Sugawa	....	ink and paint artist
Kyôko Sugiyama	....	inbetween artist
Lijun Sun	....	ink and paint artist
Won Tae Sung	....	inbetween artist
Akiko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Hirofumi Suzuki	....	animator
Makiko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Mariko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Natsuko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Takaaki Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Takanori Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Mayumi Takada	....	inbetween artist
Sayuri Takagi	....	ink and paint artist
Noriko Takahashi	....	inbetween artist
Takuro Takahashi	....	inbetween artist
Yoko Takahashi	....	inbetween artist
Yuichi Takahashi	....	inbetween artist
Koichi Takai	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Takano	....	inbetween artist
Daisuke Takemoto	....	inbetween artist
Tetsuya Takeuchi	....	inbetween artist
Atsushi Tamura	....	inbetween artist
Tomomi Tamura	....	ink and paint artist
Chiyuki Tanaka	....	inbetween artist
Masaki Tanigawa	....	inbetween artist
Kumiko Tanihira	....	inbetween artist
Manabu Tanzawa	....	animator
Akie Tatsumi	....	inbetween artist
Nao Tatsumi	....	ink and paint artist
Kumiko Terada	....	inbetween artist
Yuri Terada	....	inbetween artist
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween artist
Hiroko Tezuka	....	inbetween artist
Yahang Tian	....	ink and paint artist
Megumi Tokuda	....	inbetween artist
Shuji Tsuchiya	....	ink and paint artist
Miyako Tsuji	....	inbetween artist
Yoko Tsumori	....	ink and paint artist
Shinobu Tsuruga	....	ink and paint artist
Kôjirô Tsuruoka	....	inbetween artist (as Koujirou Tsuraoka)
Fumiko Ueda	....	inbetween artist
Chinatsu Ueno	....	inbetween artist
Toshie Ui	....	ink and paint artist
Yoshihiro Ujiie	....	inbetween artist
Chisako Ushijima	....	inbetween artist
Mitsuyo Wada	....	ink and paint artist
Satsuki Wada	....	inbetween artist
Aiping Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Didi Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Jianrui Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Liying Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Shuyun Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Xioufen Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Onkou Watabe	....	inbetween artist
Taeko Watanabe	....	inbetween artist
Toshinori Watanabe	....	inbetween artist
Yukari Watanabe	....	inbetween artist
Alexandra Weihrauch	....	inbetween artist
Zhilian Xi	....	ink and paint artist
Yousuke Yabumoto	....	inbetween artist
Koichi Yagami	....	inbetween artist
Kaori Yajima	....	ink and paint artist
Tamami Yamada	....	inbetween artist
Yuichiro Yamada	....	inbetween artist
Yuki Yamakata	....	inbetween artist
Mayumi Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Yûsuke Yamauchi	....	inbetween artist
Yukari Yamaura	....	inbetween artist
Maiko Yamazaki	....	ink and paint checker
Yoshiaki Yanagida	....	animator
Jianming Yang	....	ink and paint artist
Jinxia Yang	....	ink and paint artist
Morihiko Yano	....	inbetween artist
Takayuki Yokose	....	ink and paint artist
Hiromasa Yonebayashi	....	inbetween artist
Se Jin Yoo	....	inbetween artist
Fumiko Yoshida	....	animator
Sakiko Yoshida	....	inbetween artist
Tôru Yoshida	....	animator
You Yoshinari	....	animator
Masayuki Yoshiwara	....	animator
Yang Mi Yu	....	ink and paint artist
Manlin Yuan	....	ink and paint artist
Tatsumi Yukiwaki	....	ink and paint artist
Chunlan Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Na Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Qinghua Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Xuesong Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Zhihua Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Zhiyong Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Zhiyun Zhang	....	ink and paint artist
Xiaofang Zhao	....	ink and paint artist
Xiaogang Zhao	....	ink and paint artist
Zhiyong Zheng	....	ink and paint artist
Junli Zilang	....	ink and paint artist
Takahiro Ômori	....	animator

Editorial Department
Tsuyoshi Imai	....	assistant editor
Yoko Kobayashi	....	assistant editor
Sotaro Maeda	....	assistant editor
Shigeyuki Yamamori	....	assistant editor
Yayoi Ôtake	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sadafumi Hiramatsu	....	vehicle designer
Kazuchika Kise	....	weapon designer
Karl Willems	....	voice director

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• Production I.G.

Distributors

• Rapid Eye Movies (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bandai Visual Company
• CTV International (France)
• JONU Media
• Media Box Corporation
• Tidepoint Pictures (2001) (USA) (dubbed)
• Tidepoint Pictures (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Viz Films (2001) (USA) (dubbed)

Other Companies

• Imagica  film processing
• Kodak Japan  film supplied by
• Toho Recording Center  foley recording studio
• Tokyo TV Center  sound recording studio
• Victor Entertainment  original soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Jin-Rô" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M (film festival rating) | New Zealand:R13 (DVD rating) | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

Many of the weapons, vehicles, and equipment used are from the World War II period, mainly of German design. Some weapons include a modified version of the MG42 machine gun, the MP44 assault rifle, the FG42 rifle, a Panzerfaust rocket, and several British Sten guns. World War II German period vehicles, such as the Kubelwagen and Volkswagen, are also present.

Movie Connections:

References The Battle of Algiers (1966)

"Wolves disguised as Men"

This is a very particular animated movie... well the Japanese excel at that, but however smart they make them, their manga very often go over the top in the final act (Mononoke Hime, Akira...). On a side note it also has a great score, something most uncommon in it's peers. Jin Roh is a very down to earth story all along and never gets carried away. Funny for a film about being carried away... by ideals. The whole story draws countless parallels (willingly) with The Little Red Riding Hood (the real version... the one that doesn't end too well for the titular girl), here the code-name for terrorist child bomb-carriers, the wolves being an elite anti-terrorist force (chiefly traumatised protagonist Fuse).

This was the last fully hand-drawn Japanese animated feature (1999) and the bleak realistic art is all the more impressive for it. The screenplay itself is a perfectly layered plot of fatality and failed-redemption. This is no cry for anti-terrorism (that would make post-2001 audiences cheer) but about de-humanization.

If you want monsters and heroes and magic, go see something else... this is a moving example of how a good story can rip your heart out. A must-see!