Patlabor: The Movie

Patlabor: The Movie


機動警察パトレイバー PATLABOR THE MOBILE POLICE
Kidōkeisatsu Patoreibā Patlabor The Mobile Police
Mobile Police Patlabor: The Mobile Police
Director Mamoru Oshii
Original Story Headgear
Draft Masami Yuki
Screenplay Kazunori Ito
Art Hiromasa Ogura
Music Kenji Kawai
Sound Shigeharu Shiba
Photography Mitsunobu Yoshida
Editor Seiji Morita
Production Companies Bandai Visual, Tohokushinsha
Release Date July 15, 1989
Runtime 100 minutes
Followed by Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

機動警察パトレイバー PATLABOR THE MOBILE POLICE
Kidōkeisatsu Patoreibā Patlabor The Mobile Police
Mobile Police Patlabor: The Mobile Police
Director Mamoru Oshii
Original Story Headgear
Draft Masami Yuki
Screenplay Kazunori Ito
Art Hiromasa Ogura
Music Kenji Kawai
Sound Shigeharu Shiba
Photography Mitsunobu Yoshida
Editor Seiji Morita
Production Companies Bandai Visual, Tohokushinsha
Release Date July 15, 1989
Runtime 100 minutes
Followed by Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

In the future, mechanized suits called labors help expedite new construction projects around Tokyo. The rise of labor-related crime necessitates the need for labor-centered police force, and Patlabors enter into service. The 2nd Special Vehicles Section is investigating a rash of incidents where labors went haywire without any human intervention. Asuma, one of the SV2 techs, suspects that the company that manufactured their new OS, Shinohara Heavy Industries, is implicitly responsible for the incidents due to a flaw in their OS. Although it’s possible the flaw is accidental, Asuma wants to confirm that there wasn’t any criminal intent in the OS’s development. However, the original author of the OS, Eiichi Hoba, recently committed suicide.

Asuma cross references data from the labor incidents to try and find a common link and discovers that all the incidents took place around large structures with atriums. Asuma realizes that wind blowing through the structures creates a resonant frequency that causes the labors with the new OS to go haywire. In a separate investigation, it’s revealed that Hoba developed a god complex and was obsessed with the biblical references in the last project he worked on: the Babylon project. The project oversees the construction of man made islands in Tokyo Bay, and towering over it all is the Ark, a massive labor manufacturing facility. Asuma realizes that if a strong enough wind blew through the Ark’s structure, the resonance would cause a chain reaction to send every labor in Tokyo on a berserk rampage. Furthermore, a typhoon is expected to make landfall in a matter of days, carrying with it exactly the windy conditions required for the worst case scenario.

Asuma’s superiors convince the government to sanction an operation to destroy the Ark and blame the damage on the typhoon. Asuma’s team penetrates the Ark and begins systematically disengaging the platforms, changing the Ark’s structure and minimizing its potential to reach the proper resonance. The labors aboard the Ark activate and try to repel the team, and Asuma has all the platforms dropped at once. The Ark keels over, destroying all the labors and saving the city.

Top Billed Cast

Toshio Furukawa
Asuma Shinohara
Miina Tominaga
Noa Izumi
Ryusuke Obayashi
Kiichi Goto
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Shinobu Nagumo
Yo Inoue
Kanuka Clancy
Michihiro Ikemizu
Isao Ota
Issei Futamata
Mikiyasu Shinshi
Daisuke Gori
Hiromi Yamazaki
Shigeru Chiba
Shigeo Shiba
Osamu Saka
Seitaro Sakaki
Mahito Tsujimura
Jitsuyama
Tomomichi Nishimura
Matsui
Toshihiko Kojima
Director of Maritime Law
Shinji Ogawa
Fukushima
Koji Tsujitani
Kataoka
Fumihiko Tachiki
Otchan
Tomohiro Nishimura
Cop
Megumi Hayashibara
Weatherlady
Masashi Sugawara
Metropolitan Police Department Executive
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Pilot
Toshihiko Nakajima
Announcer
Top Billed Cast

Asuma Shinohara
Toshio Furukawa

Noa Izumi
Miina Tominaga

Kiichi Goto
Ryusuke Obayashi

Shinobu Nagumo
Yoshiko Sakakibara

Kanuka Clancy
Yo Inoue

Isao Ota
Michihiro Ikemizu

Mikiyasu Shinshi
Issei Futamata

Hiromi Yamazaki
Daisuke Gori

Shigeo Shiba
Shigeru Chiba

Seitaro Sakaki
Osamu Saka

Jitsuyama
Mahito Tsujimura

Matsui
Tomomichi Nishimura

Director of Maritime Law
Toshihiko Kojima

Fukushima
Shinji Ogawa

Kataoka
Koji Tsujitani

Otchan
Fumihiko Tachiki

Cop
Tomohiro Nishimura

Weatherlady
Megumi Hayashibara

Metropolitan Police Department Executive
Masashi Sugawara

Pilot
Kiyoyuki Yanada

Announcer
Toshihiko Nakajima