Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade or simply Jin-Roh (人狼 Jinrō?, lit. "Man-Wolf") is a 1999 Japanese animated feature film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. The film is the third adaptation of Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos saga manga, Ken-Roh Densetsu, after the two live action The Red Spectacles released in 1987 and StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops released in 1991 in Japanese theaters.
The film takes place in an alternate history in Japan during the 1950s where Germany has conquered Japan. Kazuki Fuse, a member of the Panzer Cops with the rank of Corporal, is sentenced for not following an order to kill a suicide bomber. Along the way, he meets Kei, a girl who initially claims to be the suicide bomber's sister and they develop a relationship. However, this relationship proves to be dangerous for the Kerberos Corps.
Mamoru Oshii, the creator of the Kerberos saga had desired to make Jin-Roh years earlier as a live-action film. However, Oshii decided that the film would be animated, and hired Okiura to direct the film and Production I.G to produce the film. The film premiered on November 17, 1999 in France, and Bandai Entertainment licensed the film for an English-language release in North America and Europe.
- taken from Wikipedia
Story/Plot: 10/10
The plot or the story of the movie ‘Jin Roh ~ The Wolf Brigade’ deserves a rating of 10/10. At least from my side it does. The story deals with immense suspense which will force you to smile at the end with a look of astonishment over your face saying that you didn’t let your time go a waste on something which doesn’t even deserve the minimum applause.
I hope you all have gone through the story of the ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ in your childhood days. Those who haven’t, for them:
- The story of the ‘Red Riding Hood’ deals with the journey of a little girl dressed in red, walking through the path amidst a dense forest, who was carrying some stuffs for her granny or mom; who lived in a house which lay at the end of the forest road. She meets a wolf in her way that wants to gobble her up at once but fails to do so. Thus knowing of Red’s journey to her mom’s abode, the wolf takes down an alternate path and eats up her mom before she reaches her home. In the mean time, the wolf disguises as Red’s mom, waiting for Red to come up and makes specific plans to gobble her up.
The above simple story is framed too beautifully as the foundation or the spine of the movie. It deals with the same sequence of events, but till the end, it remains suspense for the viewers that who is fighting for the wrong and who is struggling for the right side of the circumstances.
We can also conclude that the entire plot deals with the tactics on counter-intelligence and instincts. I’ll recommend you all to go through it at least once. I bet you won’t be disappointed.
- personal analysis
Character Designing: 9.5/10
The entire movie was pictured in the past when there was still riot and struggle going on in the streets of Japan due to the mismatch of opinions between the pubic, the terrorists, the police force and the Capital Police Organization. The movie was aired in the year 1999. So according to the time, the character designing is fantastic. Besides, the features like innocence, shrewd mindedness, etc. which are important assets for the support of the publication of the movie are beautifully pictured in the faces of the characters as per its time.
- personal analysis
Artworks: 10/10
As already stated in the ‘Character Designing’ section,” the features like innocence, shrewd mindedness, etc. which are important assets for the support of the publication of the movie are beautifully pictured in the faces of the characters as per its time.”
So, no more comments regarding this part.
- personal analysis
Script/Dialogues: 10/10
The opening phrases and the closing dialogues are very well-prepared. So, no comments about them. They are so perfect that it seems they descended straight down to the earth from the lips of the forest gods… the opening phrase:
“This thing is like a wolf
This thing is a wolf
Thus, it is a thing to be banished”
States, or is more inclined towards the actions of the Capital Police Task Forces, which were decided to be shut down by the Govt. Police Authority. That appears to be the main theme in the beginning.
Then there were these (perhaps a few of my favorites):
“We’re not men disguised as mere dogs. We are wolves… disguised as men. The hunters kill the wolves in the end… only in the tales humans tell.”
But the ending dialogues:
“This is where you should end the tale of a beast involved with a human. End it all now while you’re still a beast. “A long pause in the dialogues when the climax scene takes place and after that, “And then the wolf… ate up Little Red Riding Hood.”
These dialogues clearly bring out an inner meaning which lies hidden in the movie. It also brings out the ironical aspect of the movie. I won’t describe it for too long, you should watch it yourself. That will bring more fun to it…
- personal analysis
Animation: 8.5/10
As per 1999, the animation is okay. But the animation includes a few dull scenes too, where the proper movements of the body parts don’t appear to be clear enough. I mean, there are some scenes where the movement of the forearms gets too slowed down that it appears as if they are puppets. It was my assumption that there was some sort of problem with the players, but then I realized, that was the style of the animation after I played the movie in more than one machines. However, so far as actions are involved, there are not much of them to bring enough entertainment to the ‘action-lover’ viewers. Overall, it could have been better.
- personal analysis
Overall Rating: 9.86/10
No more comments regarding this finalized ‘Rating Section’.
All over, I’ll say only this much that I had downloaded this movie on December 31st, 2013; sharp at 06:45 PM and wasted my January 1st, 2014; watching this movie and in the end, I’ll say only this much that it wasn’t a loss or wastage of anything at all. I also posted a photo in the group regarding this and promised to come up with a review as soon as possible. My apologies to keep you all waiting this far.
Rest is all up to you people. Enjoy guys…
- A Review by Debamalya Bose a.k.a. James Wolf Howlett
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