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1993 • 1h 56min • TV-14 • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Animation

Patlabor 2: The Movie

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

IMDb 7.5

Director

Mamoru Oshii

Writers

Kazunori Ito

Masami Yuki

Composer

Kenji Kawai

Top Cast

Mina Tominaga

Noa Izumi (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Kiichi Goto (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Shinobu Nagumo (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Isao Ohta (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeo Shiba (voice)

Issei Futamata

Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)

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