Jin-Rou

In an alternate history, following World War II, civil unrest and terrorism run rampant in a devastated Japan under foreign occupation. During a botched interception of underground munitions being transferred by a terrorist organization, Constable Kazuki Fuse, a soldier in an elite counter-terrorism unit, witnesses the true terror of human nature. He fails to prevent a teenage girl from carrying out a desperate suicide bombing that subsequently causes immense destruction to Tokyo. With mental scars and his competence under question, Fuse is sent back to the military academy for re-evaluation. Unbeknownst to him, he will soon be caught up in a web of government conspiracies that have the power to determine the future of all of Japan.

As Fuse treads the fine line between human and beast, he ultimately discovers to which side he truly belongs.

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Fuse, Kazuki Main

Fujiki, Yoshikatsu Japanese

Amemiya, Kei Main

Mutou, Sumi Japanese

Henmi, Atsuhi Main

Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Japanese

Tohbe, Hachiroh Supporting

Sakaguchi, Yoshisada Japanese

Agawa, Nanami Supporting

Sendai, Eri Japanese

Aniya, Isao Supporting

Handa, Hajime Supporting

Muroto, Bunmei Supporting

Hirota, Kousei Japanese

Tatsumi, Shiro Supporting

Horibe, Ryuuichi Japanese

Sugita, Tsutomu Producer

Terakawa, Hidekazu Producer

Okiura, Hiroyuki Director, Storyboard, Character Design, Layout, Key Animation

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Aug 24, 2025

HERMIT_PAIMON

Recommended

Definitely worth watching, though it will leave you alone at the end. Which acts a double-edged sword for the movie itself.
Beautiful animation, great voice acting. Cons are that the main character is very muted and bland, side character can ramble from time to time.
The only complaint is that story can be dragged at various points , basically it's hard to understand the motive and concept which is supposed to be known with a ease glance for newbie anime watchers, still story does enough to keep viewer going and wanting more .
Sadly we ain't getting more parts for better understanding of complex politics which is ... shown in movie .

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 15, 2025

Caeruleus_CCXVI

Mixed Feelings

6.0/10 ~ Destined to be remembered as that one Nazi movie

I will occasionally see clips of this movie come up every now and then from the first bit of the movie. Today I finally decided to watch this one to see what all the low key hype was about.

Pros:
- Intro, about the first 15-20 minutes was an extremely strong start and honestly if they just kept it as a short it would have gone down as a legendary piece. Less is more
- the setting of the story in alternate 1950's Japan was pretty neat
- the movies action and suspense was all pretty well done
- ... despite the movie not landing on any one point its pacing and story structure was actually very well done
- animation was pretty good
- English dub wasn't horrible
- people who think that this stole from fallout seriously need to go read a history book lol

Cons:
- The characters are all so unemotional and bland
- I think they were trying to tell a sub story about PTSD... but it was poorly done
- I feel like the end of the movie made me waste 100min of my life I wont get back
- the romance felt forced... which was the point? hard to tell
- music was fitting but unrememberable
- the 'Wolf in sheep's clothing' motif was drawn out and a bit over done... I think if it was approached differently it could have been better
- I followed the plot well enough, however I know this type of thing will go over most heads, and needed more exposition that would have made the movie unbearably slow lol

This is the type of movie that tries to be deep but in the end the only thing that came from it is a series of pretty cool action sequences and alot of WTF moments. Intellectually I feel like I wasted my time as the movie eggs you on through out the entire 100min run time that it is trying to tell you something deep, but visually it was a good time to just kinda shut your brain off to. Anyone who rates this over an 8/10 I would seriously doubt they have seen better, they understand how a 0-10 scale works or only click with the extreme edge of it all. Its pretty hard to recommend this one for anything but the action and style that the movies oozes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 1, 2022

Spencerio

Not Recommended

I don't really know where to start with this one, but I guess the first thing I will say is that I've noticed that outside of Ghost in the Shell, I have not really cared much for Mamoru Oshii projects: I've started (and in these cases dropped) both The Sky Crawlers and Angel's Egg. It's nothing against him, and I recognize that he is a talented filmmaker, but there's just something about his minimalist storytelling that I just really do not enjoy most of the time.

Talking specifically about Jin-Rou, though, I will start with the good.

The animation quality, especially with facial expressions, is insanely good, ... almost scarily so. The first act of the plot is compelling and paced extremely well. But that's about it.

The bad is almost entirely plot and character based. The main issue with Jin-Rou is that our main character, Fuse, has absolutely no character arc; the vast majority of the movie focuses on his feelings or lack of feelings of guilt after a certain event in the first act, but after what feels like a bunch of filler, he ends up making a decision at the climax that just leaves everything unresolved. While it is probably a valid argument that this is one of the main points of the movie, I can't accept that in good conscience when the story itself is ultimately a very generic dystopian world, insurgency-fights-it deal. If Fuse has to be a statue of a character, then there MUST be a compelling plot past the exposition and a great climax so that my time isn't wasted.

So essentially, what Jin-Rou provides us with is a rehashed, almost creepily mediocre story everyone knows and no characters worth any emotional investment in. The artwork, sound design, and first act are all very well designed, but all that is dragged down by a pitifully forgettable (and I have done my best to forget it) plot and cast.

How this is almost an 8/10 average is eons beyond me. I would only recommend this to aspiring animators as a case study in how to effectively animate facial expressions and small movements, and to aspiring editors/directors as a case study of exactly how NOT to make a compelling story that can express an idea/theme.

For me, I give it a 4/10. It's not worthless, but it tries its best to be.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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