Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (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:

Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Dobson	...	Kazuki Fuse (voice)
Yoshikazu Fujiki	...	Kazuki Fuse (voice) (as Yoshikatsu Fujiki)
Sumi Mutoh	...	Kei Amemiya (voice)
Moneca Stori	...	Kei Amemiya (voice)
Hiroyuki Kinosha	...	Atsuhi Henmi (voice) (as Hiroyuki Kinoshita)
Colin Murdock	...	Atsushi Henmi / Academy Officer / Riot Police (voice)
Yukio Hiroda	...	Bunmei Muroto (voice)
Dale Wilson	...	Bunmei Muroto / Riot Police Commander (voice)
Michael Kopsa	...	Hajime Handa (voice)
Yukihiro Yoshida	...	Hajime Handa (voice)
Ron Halder	...	Shiro Tatsumi / Nanami's Contact (voice)
Eri Sendai	...	Nanami Agawa (voice)
Kenji Nakagawa	...	Isao Aniya (voice)
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Nanami Agawa (voice)
French Tickner	...	Isao Aniya (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:

reference to little red riding hood | little red riding hood | post traumatic stress disorder | directorial debut | punctuation in title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

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 sub-machine gun, 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.

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Quotes

Kei Amemiya: What big eyes you have... what big teeth you have!

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Alternate Versions

An English credit roll is used for the dubbed version as well as an English title crawl for the opening quote.

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Connections

Featured in Anime Abandon: City Hunter (2014)

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.

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:

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,098, 24 June 2001

Gross USA:

$94,591

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$94,591

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