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The Red Spectacles (live-action movie)

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©1987 MAMORU OSHII / OMNIBUS PROMOTION 

 
Alternative title:
Akai Megane / The Red Spectacles (Japanese) 
紅い眼鏡 / The Red Spectacles (Japanese) 
Plot Summary: In MAMORU OSHII'S - RED SPECTACLES, the Metropolitan Police were forced to create a police state to control the chaos that was developing around them. However, those in the elite Kerberos, or Watchdogs of Hell, unit soon became overwhelmed with power, and corruption soon followed. Out of three rebels, only one, Kouichi Todome, managed to escape. Years later, he returns to the deteriorating city to find out what happened after his departure 
Running time: 116 minutes 
Vintage: 1987 
Premiere date:
1987-02-07 (Japan) 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Mamoru Oshii Cinema Trilogy - The Red Spectacles / Stray Dog / Talking Head (Sub.DVD) 2003-11-04 (from $885.00)
    Mamoru Oshii Cinema Trilogy - The Red Spectacles / Stray Dog / Talking Head (Sub.DVD) 2004-03-16 (from $339.00)
    Mamoru Oshii Cinema Trilogy - The Red Spectacles / Stray Dog / Talking Head (Sub.DVD) 2006-11-28 (from $300.00)
    The Red Spectacles (Sub.DVD) 2003-11-04 (from $49.95)
    The Red Spectacles (Sub.DVD) 2004-03-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii 
Screenplay: Kazunori Itō 
Music: Kenji Kawai 
Producer:
Daisuke Hayashi 
Shigeharu Shiba 

Cinematography: Yousuke Mamiya 
Film Editing: Seiji Morita 
Lighting: Yoshimi Hosaka 
Sound Effects: Yasufumi Yoda 
Shigeru Chiba as Koichi Todome 

Hideyo Amamoto as Moongaze Ginji 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Soichiro Toribe  (Ao) 
Ichirō Nagai as Taxi Driver (voice) 
Machiko Washio as Midori Washio 
Mako Hyōdō as Young Lady 
Tesshō Genda as Bunmei Miroto 

Daiki Nakamura as Bunmei's Minion 
Fumi Hirano as Airport Announce 
Fumihiko Tachiki as Bunmei's Minion 
Fuyuki Shinada as Soba Shop Manager 
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Bunmei's Minion 
Hiroo Oikawa as Hotel Receptionist 
Ichirō Nagai as Billiards Man 
Kazuo Tauchi as Pool Hall Master 
Kintarō Sakata as Umibōzu 
Mitsuhiro Uwabe as Bunmei's Minion 
Naoyuki Yoshinaga as Bodyguard 
Norio Kurisaki as Pilot 
Takahiro Hirai as Bunmei's Minion 
Takashi Kanematsu as Yakuza A 
Takayoshi Itō as Cat 
Takeshi Kusao as Corpse 
Takeyuki Funado as Bunmei's Minion 
Tomohiro Nishimura as Punk 
Toshio Furukawa as Yakuza B 
Yasuo Ōtsuka as Taxi Driver 
Zenchū Mitsui as Bunmei's Minion 
Japanese companies
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation 
English staff
English companies
(none)
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2003) 
Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment (Expired) 
English cast
(none)

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