Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writers:

Kazunori Itô, Masami Yûki (comic)

Stars:

Toshio Furukawa, David Jarvis, Doug Erholtz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toshio Furukawa	...	Asuma (voice)
David Jarvis	...	Asuma (1995) (voice)
Doug Erholtz	...	Asuma (2006) (voice)
Mîna Tominaga	...	Noa (voice)
Briony Glassco	...	Noa (1995) (voice)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Noa (2006) (voice)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Gotoh (voice)
Peter Marinker	...	Gotoh (1995) (voice)
Roger Craig Smith	...	Gotoh (2006) (voice) (as Roger C. Smith)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Nagumo (voice)
Sharon Holm	...	Nagumo (1995) (voice)
Megan Hollingshead	...	Nagumo (2006) (voice) (as Karen Thompson)
Yô Inoue	...	Clancy (voice)
Tamsin Hollo	...	Clancy (1995) (voice)
Lisa Enochs	...	Clancy (2006) (voice)

Storyline

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo. Step by step, the police find themselves tangled up by the web of a perfect crime which awaits the approaching Typhoon to activate thousands of virus affected robots. As time runs out, Asuma and his team must complete a task that is doomed to be a failure before the Typhoon lands Tokyo.

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Plot Keywords:

police officer | conspiracy | investigation | hacker | robot | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place in 1999.

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Connections

Followed by Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

User Reviews

Anime spectacular

While I was only about 12 when I first saw this movie, I think it is fair to say that I initially enjoyed the ending scenes (aboard the Ark)due to the labour action- and because of this, I wasn't quite as keen on the second one.

It's a film that hits on many levels- younger audiences will enjoy it for the robots, while more mature viewers will become wrapped up in the cunning, socio-political plot with more twists and turns then a labour wiring diagram.

Make of it what you will, everyone will see something differet but either way, its 100 minutes well spent.

Details

Official Sites:

BandaiVisual [United States] TechTV

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

15 July 1989 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Patlabor 1

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$578,959

Company Credits

Production Co:

Headgear, I.G Tatsunoko, Studio DEEN

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1