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Patlabor: The Movie
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Patlabor: The Movie

1989-07-15 · 100 min · ★ 6.9

Action · Animation · Science Fiction · Mystery

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.

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Directors
Mamoru Oshii
Production companies
Studio Deen, TFC, Bandai
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mina TominagaMina TominagaNoa Izumi (voice)
Toshio FurukawaToshio FurukawaAsuma Shinohara (voice)
Ryusuke OhbayashiRyusuke OhbayashiKiichi Goto (voice)
Yoshiko SakakibaraYoshiko SakakibaraShinobu Nagumo (voice)
Yo InoueKanuka Clancy (voice)
Issei FutamataIssei FutamataMikiyasu Shinshi (voice)
Michihiro IkemizuMichihiro IkemizuIsao Ohta (voice)
Daisuke GoriDaisuke GoriHiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Shigeru ChibaShigeru ChibaShigeo Shiba (voice)
Osamu SakaOsamu SakaSeitaro Sakaki (voice)
Mahito TsujimuraMahito TsujimuraJitsuyama (voice)
Tomomichi NishimuraTomomichi NishimuraMatsui (voice)
Shinji OgawaShinji OgawaFukushima (voice)
Koji TsujitaniKoji TsujitaniKataoka
Toshihiko KojimaToshihiko KojimaKaihou (voice)

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