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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

人狼 JIN-ROH

Release:1999
Runtime:1h 42m
Country:Japan
Director:Hiroyuki Okiura
Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationScience FictionThriller
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Keywords

JapanResistancedystopiaLittle Red Riding HoodBrothers GrimmPoliticianAlternate HistorySuicide Mission
iRank65

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 20K votes
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic59%
TMDb7.4/10· 558 votes

With 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 59/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

Cast of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

  • Yoshikatsu Fujiki

    Yoshikatsu Fujiki

    as Kazuki Fuse (voice)

  • Sumi Mutoh

    Sumi Mutoh

    as Kei Amamiya (voice)

  • Hiroyuki Kinoshita

    Hiroyuki Kinoshita

    as Atsushi Henmi (voice)

  • Kohsei Hirota

    Kohsei Hirota

    as Bunmei Muroto (voice)

  • Y

    Yukihiro Yoshida

    as Hajime Handa (voice)

  • Ryuichi Horibe

    Ryuichi Horibe

    as Shiro Tatsumi (voice)

  • Eri Sendai

    Eri Sendai

    as Agawa Nanao (voice)

  • K

    Kenji Nakagawa

    as Isao Aniya (voice)

  • Tamio Ohki

    Tamio Ohki

    as Capital Police Member (voice)

  • Shinnosuke Furumoto

    Shinnosuke Furumoto

    as Additional Voices (voice)

  • Ginzo Matsuo

    Ginzo Matsuo

    as Additional Voices (voice)

  • Takashi Matsuyama

    Takashi Matsuyama

    as Additional Voices (voice)

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade facts

Original title
人狼 JIN-ROH
Box office
$94.1K
Collection
Kerberos Saga Collection

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Atmospheric dystopian world-building creates immersive alternate history setting
  • •Anime visual style combines striking aesthetics with mature thriller storytelling
  • •Okiura maintains tension through psychological character study and intrigue

What the audience disliked

  • •Sparse dialogue and slow pacing demand patient viewer engagement
  • •Ambiguous narrative conclusion leaves plot threads deliberately unresolved
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