The Wolf Brigade

[Amelia]

I saw The Wolf Brigade a few days ago and I thought is was pretty good. but I didn't really get the plot. If anyone else has seen it could ya explain it to me? thanx!

[Drizzten]

[I'm moving this to Other Anime, might get a better response.]

[Amelia]

anyone else seen it?

[mrgazpacho]

Is that the movie commonly called Jin-Roh?

[BigShot Jordan]

I bought Jin-Roh about a month ago.I had to watch it about 3 times in order to fully understand it.

The movie is called Jin-roh(translates man-wolf).The wolf Brigade is a vigilante orginization in the special unit that is used to spy on other police/military orginizations.

*Spoilers*

The film takes place about a decade after WW2.Only the Japanese didn't lose to the Americans,they lost to the Germans.Germany occupied Japan instead of the USA so Japanese culture has many influences from Germany.You'll notice this by the the clothing and all the Volkswagons.



In beginning of the film you see a terrorist attact by the Sect.The Specail Unit of the CAPO follows them into the lower tunnels.The Sect found that transferring artillery and firearms would be easier underground where it is hard for them to be spotted.Of course,they get trapped,cornered,and killed by the Special Unit.

JINROH, based on "Little Red Riding Hood" portrays a cruel yet sentimental relationship between Constable Kazuki Fuse in the Special Unit and Kei Amamiya, a 17 year old girl who had lost the motivation for life.


February, 1962. Constable Fuse of the Special Unit in the CAPO (Capital Police Organization) encounters a girl carrying an explosive during the battle with the guerrillas. While being in full control, he lets the girl pull the trigger of the explosive before shooting her to death. Due to his misconduct, he is ordered to be restrained at the Academy.

Fuse was starting to believe that he did not belong to the pack of wolves. He obatains the information of the girl from his classmate Henmi at the Academy who is now stationed at the Bureau. Visiting her tomb, Fuse meets Kei Amamiya who says she is the sister of the dead girl.

Finding no hope in life, Kei tries to comfort herself by escaping from reality. However, she gradually gets attracted to the lifestyle of Fuse who has finally found himself firmly stationed at the special unit.

The intelligence confrontaion continues amongst three main organizations. There is the local police who attempts to destroy the CAPO. The Bureau who allies with the local police in order to crush the Special Unit of the CAPO and lastly, "JINROH", the non-public organization who fights to oppose to neither.

Fuse is informed that Kei was working for Henmi as a decoy to capture the Special Unit. It was the strategy of the Bureau and the local police; however JINROH had already prediceted that.

On Order to flee Kei from the organinzation and to end the contfronation, Fuse goes to the location of their trap. He fights and manages to breakthough the seige and rescuses Kei.

Despite Kei's hope and dream, Fuse goes back to the battlefield for the final settlement with Henmi. Fuse finally reveals to Kei that he is a JINROH. She finds out that her ultimate hope had been on the completely opposite side from her world...

hope that helped.

[Amelia]

yeah, sort of i dunno it's just all very confusing to me...thanx though ^.^

[Kawaii Miko]

Jin-roh!
I've seen that just last year at the Japanime Festival during the Olympic Arts Festival in Sydney.

One of the guys from, if I remeber correctly, an Exec Producer (I think) for Production IG came to Sydney to promote the movie. Even though it's, according to him, suppose to be a sad movie, I couldn't be able to feel anything about this movie at all.

[mrgazpacho]

Yeah I was there also. The guy was Ishikawa, head of IG. Did you keep the Japanese flyer for "Blood" that was handed out? I lost mine :mad:

The tragedy of it all is the killing that Fuse has to continue with, whether he wants to or not. Fortunately, we had My Neighbours The Yamadas to cheer us up on Sunday night...

[Kawaii Miko]

I didn't see "Blood" actually, and I'm afraid I only have the pamphlet for the Sessions only. :(

My bro got the one that Ishikawa signed on his, though I don't what he did to it.

[death]

I dident notice that it was set in japan... HOw the hell did i miss thaT!!!!