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Patlabor: The Movie

Patlabor: The Movie

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Patlabor: The Movie

1989

1h 40m

6.9(193 votes)

Action

Animation

Science Fiction

Mystery

Overview

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Studio Deen

TFC

Bandai

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Noa Izumi (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Kiichi Goto (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Shinobu Nagumo (voice)

Yo Inoue

Kanuka Clancy (voice)

Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata

Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Isao Ohta (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeo Shiba (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Seitaro Sakaki (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Written by: Kazunori Ito
Masami Yuki
Produced by: Makoto Kubo
Shin Unozawa

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