JIN ROH

UK Premiere.

Time: 7.00pm
Date: 02-02-02
Venue: Metro
 Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Country: Japan
Runtime: 98
Colour: Colour
Sound: Dolby Digital
Language: Japanese (subtitled)

Written by Mamoru Oshii



A bleak, and alternate version of post-WW2 Tokyo, Jin-Roh accomplishes all the things that other anime cinema movies who were hailed as the holy grail of anime didn't accomplish, or at least never accomplished so well. And Jin-Roh does it with style.

The animation is impressive; sober, lifelike and extremely realistic chara designs move with wonderful fluidity through some very beautiful backgrounds.

The story, at it's most basic is a doomed lovers tale. Jin-Roh doesn't try to shock or disgust, it wants to make you cry genuine tears of sorrow, and succeeds in every way