The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

You wake up on a routine patrol beneath Rainbow Bridge when the Gray Ghost roars overhead, strafing the city. The chopper shouldn’t exist—it was stolen two days ago—and now it’s turning Tokyo into a warzone. The director’s static rigs and deep-focus cityscapes lock the action into a cold, bureaucratic nightmare.

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Mamoru Oshii directed The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War in 2015. See Mamoru Oshii's full filmography, where to start with Mamoru Oshii, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mamoru Oshii.

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War was released in 2015 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 94 minutes.