Patlabor: The Movie

Patlabor: The Movie

1989100 min6.9 / 10

A cerebral sci-fi mystery that uses mecha and urban paranoia to explore themes of technology, control, and human agency in a near-future Tokyo.

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

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