# Angel Cop (1989)

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**Original title**: *エンゼルコップ*
**Runtime**: 180 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Animation, Crime, Science Fiction, Horror
**Directed by**: Ichiro Itano
**Written by**: Ichiro Itano
**Starring**: Mika Doi, Akio Otsuka, Kenji Utsumi, Koichi Kitamura, Kumiko Hironaka, Masashi Ebara

> *In a nightmare future, violence is the only law*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Ueno at midnight. A single red lantern swings above a neon-lit alley.

A black-gloved hand drops a bloodied scalpel. A woman in white gloves watches from a rooftop, her reflection untouched by the rain.

Komeda’s synth stray cats howl to some forgotten post-punk beat.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, dread, neon-soaked, unhinged

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