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, a 1991 Japanese film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii and starring Shigeru Chiba and Yoshikatsu Fujiki. It is the second ''Kerberos saga'' film. It was preceded by ''The Red Spectacles'', released in 1987. The film is a prequel to ''The Red Spectacles''. It was followed by ''Jin-Roh'' in 1999. Plot The film begins with the last stand of the Kerberos unit. After disobeying an order to disarm and disband, they have held out for an unspecified time: talk between the fatigued Kerberos cops suggests that they might have been stuck there for three days, three months, to three years. A power amplifier system issues orders for a final stand and for Koichi Todome, Midori Washio, and Soichiro Toribe to come to the central building. A Kerberos named Kerberos saga characters#Metropolitan Security Police Organization (MP), Inui wanders through the halls of the Kerberos headquarters and then witnesses officer Koichi Todome boarding a helicopter. Angry, Inui feels betrayed by his master an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerberos Saga
The is an alternate history political thriller media mix created by the Japanese writer and filmmaker Mamoru Oshii in 1986. The most famous installment of the franchise, especially outside Japan, is the 1999 anime film '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade''. The saga is centered on the fictitious Tokyo police Special Armed Garrison whose emblem and nickname is Kerberos (a.k.a. Cerberus), the mythological three-headed watchdog of hell. Before it was officially renamed ''Kerberos Saga'' circa 2004, it was known as the or the . The franchise is currently owned by Mamoru Oshii; It consists of works based on Oshii's original story spanning various media including tokusatsu feature films, radio dramas, comic books, animation films and monographs. Licensed products are mainly Special Armed Garrison powered suit based action figures or garage kits called Protect Gears, and ''Kerberos Saga'' episodes derived soundtracks, storyboards, and guidebooks. Merchandising includes posters, foldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |