The Red Spectacles (1987)
Original title: 紅い眼鏡
The Red Spectacles is a 1987 Japanese-language science fiction movie directed by Mamoru Oshii, with a running time of 1h 56m. It stars Shigeru Chiba, Machiko Washio and Hideyuki Tanaka.
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.
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 Otsuka as Taxi Driver
- Hirô Oikawa as Hotel Receptionist
- Takashi Kanematsu as Yakuza A
- Toshio Furukawa as Yakuza B
- Tomohiro Nishimura as Punk
- Hidetoshi Nakamura as Bunmei's Minion
- Takahiro Hirai as Bunmei's Minion