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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Original title: Jin-Rô
  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
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7.3/10
17K
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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
17K
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    • Hiroyuki Okiura
    • Mamoru Oshii
    • Robert Chomiak(English adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Michael Dobson(English version)
    • Yoshikazu Fujiki(voice)
    • Sumi Mutoh(voice)
    • Hiroyuki Okiura
    • Mamoru Oshii
    • Robert Chomiak(English adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Michael Dobson(English version)
    • Yoshikazu Fujiki(voice)
    • Sumi Mutoh(voice)
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    • 69User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
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    Michael Dobson
    Michael Dobson
    • Kazuki Fuse
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Yoshikazu Fujiki
    • Kazuki Fuse
    • (voice)
    • (as Yoshikatsu Fujiki)
    Sumi Mutoh
    • Kei Amemiya
    • (voice)
    Moneca Stori
    Moneca Stori
    • Kei Amemiya
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Hiroyuki Kinosha
    • Atsuhi Henmi
    • (voice)
    • (as Hiroyuki Kinoshita)
    Colin Murdock
    Colin Murdock
    • Atsushi Henmi
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Yukio Hiroda
    • Bunmei Muroto
    • (voice)
    Dale Wilson
    Dale Wilson
    • Bunmei Muroto
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Michael Kopsa
    Michael Kopsa
    • Hajime Handa
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Yukihiro Yoshida
    • Hajime Handa
    • (voice)
    Ron Halder
    • Shiro Tatsumi
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Eri Sendai
    • Nanami Agawa
    • (voice)
    Kenji Nakagawa
    • Isao Aniya
    • (voice)
    Maggie Blue O'Hara
    Maggie Blue O'Hara
    • Nanami Agawa
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    French Tickner
    • Isao Aniya
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Tamio Ôki
    • CAPO Officer
    • (voice)
    Doug Abrahams
    Doug Abrahams
    • Narrator
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ryûichi Horibe
    • Shiroh Tatsumi
    • (voice)
    • (as Ryuichi Horibe)
      • Hiroyuki Okiura
      • Mamoru Oshii
      • Robert Chomiak(English adaptation)
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    Storyline

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    • 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.
    • Quotes

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

    • Alternate versions
      An English credit roll is used for the dubbed version as well as an English title crawl for the opening quote.
    • Connections
      Featured in Masters of Fantasy: The Anime Filmmakers (1998)

    User reviews69

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    10/10
    Beyond Animation
    Watching this, it is important to make an overlooked distinction between Western and Japanese animation: while the former is often also considered as a genre and calls to mind a specific type of audience and story, the latter is purely a format. Many a film out there in the realm of anime could have been made as a live-action feature, even though in cases like Akira or Ghost in the Shell, the budget would have been prohibitive.

    This distinction is particularly interesting to apply to Jin Roh: this could well have been live-action, and since its story, themes and execution put it well outside the Western boundaries for animation we need to ask ourselves why it is not only particularly suited to that medium, but can easily be counted among the finest animated features of all time.

    Drawing countless parallels with the tale of Little Red Riding Hood - the original, somewhat pessimistic version - Jin Roh explores two characters on an inevitable collision course: a traumatized, counter-terrorist elite soldier and a young, female future suicide-bomber. Given the subject-matter, it is surprisingly apolitical, not siding with either faction or even exploring the roots of terrorism within the context of this story. In fact, to great and horrifying effect, it is more concerned with the mundane nature of it all, and the dehumanizing effect of their roles on the respective characters. This is a world without redemption, where the only choice is between embracing your role, or drifting off into an abyss.

    Telling this very specific story through animation elevates it into a myth, into a horribly grounded adaptation of that ultimate suspicious authority-rejecting cautionary fairytale. Perhaps there is no grandma or little red riding hood, only wolves in people's clothing. It's hard to imagine a live-action version of Fuse's empty stare that could ever conjure the effect deployed here.

    Finally, Jin Roh was the last fully hand-drawn Japanese animated feature (1999), and it uses its broad array of technical tool with a mastery and restrain that puts even a Pixar or Studio Gibli to shame.

    If you want monsters and heroes and magic, go see something else... This is a moving example of how a good story incredibly well told can rip your heart out. A must-see!
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    • OttoVonB
    • Mar 20, 2002

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    • Release date
      • November 17, 1999 (France)
      • Japan
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      • Production I.G. (english) (Japan)
      • Production I.G. (japanese) (Japan)
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      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Production I.G.
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
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      • DTS-Stereo
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