Patlabor: The Movie

Name: Patlabor: The Movie
Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery, Science Fiction
Released: 1989-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.9

About Patlabor: The Movie

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.

Patlabor: The Movie (1989) is an animation mystery film directed by Mamoru Oshii. Released in July 1989, it runs 100 minutes. It is part of Patlabor Collection.

The film is filed under robot, mecha, real robot, and police.

Mina Tominaga appears as Noa Izumi (voice), Toshio Furukawa as Asuma Shinohara (voice), Ryusuke Ohbayashi as Kiichi Goto (voice), and Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shinobu Nagumo (voice). The screenplay is by Kazunori Ito. Production companies include Bandai, Studio Deen, and TFC.

Patlabor 2: The Movie, Patlabor WXIII the Movie, and Appleseed make useful companions to Patlabor: The Movie. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 198 votes and it carries a NR rating.