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Techno Police 21C
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Techno Police 21C

1982-08-07 · 80 min · ★ 6.3

Animation · Action · Science Fiction

The year is 2001 and the criminals have taken over Centinel City. The Police have lost control. The citizens are terrified... and no one can stop the madness. Even the Techno Police, a special anti-crime squad, find the situation hopeless until a wise cracking cop with an uncanny knack for out-guessing the criminals joins the force. When a powerful experiment tank is hijacked, the Techno Police and their newest recruit go to work. Equipped with an ultra-sonic car and crime-fighting Technoids, the rookie cop sets out on a death defying high-speed chase through the streets... trying to capture the crooks and trying to stay alive. But no one is aware of the awesome powers about to be unleashed.

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Directors
Masashi Matsumoto, Nobuo Onuki
Production companies
ARTMIC, Studio Nue, Dragon Production, TOHO
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kumiko TakizawaKumiko TakizawaFubuki Eiena
Yoshito YasuharaYoshito YasuharaKyosuke Mibu
Junpei TakiguchiJunpei TakiguchiScratch
Kenji UtsumiKenji UtsumiGoro Narumi
Masaru IkedaMasaru IkedaKosaka Kaoru
Ryusuke OobayashiBureda
Saeko ShimazuSaeko ShimazuSukyani
Takeshi AonoTakeshi AonoJack
Naoko KoudaNaoko KoudaAyabe Marionera

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