Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
March 23, 1991Release Date
Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
March 23, 1991Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Yoshikatsu Fujiki
Inui
Yoshikazu Fujiki
Inui
Eaching Sue
Tang Mie
Takashi Matsuyama
Hayashi
Shigeru Chiba
Koichi Todome
Keinosuke Suzuki
Actor
Takayuki Kitamura
Actor
Sho Sadakata
Actor
Fumihiko Tachiki
Actor
Masaru Ikeda
Actor
Ryoichi Tanaka
Actor
Mamoru Oshii
Director
Kenji Kawai
Composer
Yousuke Mamiya
Cinematographer
Seiji Morita
Editor
Mayumi Shoji
Key Makeup Artist
Yoshimi Hosaka
Lighting Technician
Yoshihiro Akase
Assistant Director
Sumiaki Ueno
Producer
Daisuke Hayashi
Producer
Tsunemitsu Tezuka
Art Direction
Koji Tsujitani
Masamichi Sato
Kazumi Tanaka
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 23, 1991
Original Nameケルベロス 地獄の番犬
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Genres
Wiki.
StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (ケルベロス 地獄の番犬, Keruberosu: Jigoku no Banken, lit. 'Kerberos: Watchdog of Hell') is a 1991 Japanese science fiction action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii and starring Shigeru Chiba and Yoshikatsu Fujiki. The second film in the Kerberos Saga and a prequel to 1987's The Red Spectacles, the film follows Inui, a former member of the elite Special Armed Garrison "Kerberos" police tactical unit who, after being arrested following a failed rebellion by his unit, is paroled three years later and travels to Taiwan to search for Koichi Todome, an elite Kerberos member who left Japan.
Unlike The Red Spectacles, StrayDog adopts the setting and theming of Oshii's manga Kerberos Panzer Cop, which established some of the Kerberos Saga's setting and background; however, as the manga was not finished by StrayDog's release, some aspects of the film, such as its time period and details surrounding Kerberos, differ from the events established in the manga by its conclusion in 2000.
StrayDog was released on March 23, 1991 in Japan. An anime film serving as a prequel, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, was released in 1999, further establishing details about Kerberos and the saga's established setting.