The Red Spectacles (1987)
Jigoku no banken: akai megane
What dream are you welcoming?
116 min
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.
- Release date
- February 7, 1987
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Shigeru Chiba as Koichi Todome
- Machiko Washio as Midori Washio
- Hideyuki Tanaka as Soichiro Toribe
- Tessyo Genda as Bunmei Muroto
- Mako Hyodo as Young Lady
- Yasuo Ōtsuka as Taxi Driver
- Takashi Kanematsu as Yakuza A
- Toshio Furukawa as Yakuza B
- Tomohiro Nishimura as Punk
- Hidetoshi Nakamura as Bunmei's Minion
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Bunmei's Minion
- Daiki Nakamura as Bunmei's Minion
- Zenchû Mitsui as Bunmei's Minion
- Fumi Hirano as Airport Announcer (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Billiards Man
- Hideyo Amamoto as Ginji the Moongazer
- Takeshi Kusao as Corpse (uncredited)
- Hideyuki Tanaka as Ao
- Hirô Oikawa as Hotel Receptionist
Crew
- Mamoru Oshii · Director
- Mamoru Oshii · Writer
- Kazunori Itô · Writer
- Daisuke Hayashi · Producer
- Shigeharu Shiba · Producer
- Kenji Kawai · Composer
- Yousuke Mamiya · Cinematographer
- Seiji Morita · Editor