Under the Dog

Under the Dog

Our enemy is the light of humanity.

Directed by Masahiro Ando

Produced by Creative Intelligence Arts, EM Design

201638 min6.3 / 10

A dark, high-stakes espionage thriller set in a dystopian future where coerced operatives with superhuman abilities fight terrorism under threat of death, exploring identity and agency amid systemic control.

The story takes place within Neo Tokyo in the year 2025, five years after a severe terrorist attack at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Students possessing special abilities are forced into serving an elite anti-terrorist unit created by the United Nations, fighting against threats including other ability users. If these agents fail their mission, they will be killed along with their families, who have bombs planted within their heads. One member of this covert ops unit, a Swedish girl by the name of Anthea Kallenberg, seeks to find who she really is.

Questions people ask

  • Is Under the Dog scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Under the Dog violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is Under the Dog easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Under the Dog sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Does Under the Dog end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise22

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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