009-1: The End of the Beginning

You're a cyborg superspy working the front lines of a still-raging Cold War. But a series of escalating conflicts exposes a conspiracy. Sakamoto lenses the action like live-action anime. The film pulses with kinetic energy.

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Koichi Sakamoto directed 009-1: The End of the Beginning in 2013. See Koichi Sakamoto's full filmography, where to start with Koichi Sakamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Koichi Sakamoto.

009-1: The End of the Beginning was released in 2013 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.