Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Jin-Roh (人狼 Jinrō, lit. "Man-Wolf"), also known as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade in its American release, is a 1999 Japanese anime film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and written by Mamoru Oshii. It was released in Japan on June 3, 2000. The film was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment on March 5, 2002.

Synopsis

The film follows Kazuki Fuse, a member of a special police unit during the alternate history 1950s Japanese riots. Failing to follow an order to execute a frightened young girl only to see her commit suicide by detonating an improvised explosive device before his very eyes, Kazuki is put on trial and sent back to the training camp for re-evaluation. Visiting the grave of the suicide, he meets Kei, the girl's sister, who doesn't hold Kazuki responsible for her demise. The film proceeds as the two develop a peculiar relationship.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Kazuki Fuse	Yoshikatsu Fujiki	Michael Dobson
Kei Amemiya	Sumi Mutō	Moneca Stori
Atsushi Henmi	Hiroyuki Kinoshita	Colin Murdock
Nanami Agawa	Eri Sendai	Maggie Blue O'Hara
Isao Aniya	Kenji Nakagawa	French Tickner
Bunmei Muroto	Kōsei Hirota	Dale Wilson
Shiroh Tatsumi	Ryuichi Horibe	Ron Halder
Hajime Handa	Yukihiro Yoshida	Michael Kopsa
CAPO Officer	Tamio Ōki	Scott McNeil
Hachiroh Tohbe	Yoshisada Sakaguchi	Doug Abrahams
Narrator	Yoshisada Sakaguchi	Doug Abrahams

Additional Voices[]

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Country
—	Encore Action	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Bandai Entertainment	2002	1 NTSC	United States
	2005
	2007
	2007	A DVB-T
Discotek Media	2014	1 NTSC
Discotek Media	2015	A DVB-T

External Links[]

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade at the Internet Movie Database