# Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002)

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**Original title**: *WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Action, Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Fumihiko Takayama, Takuji Endo
**Written by**: Masami Yuki, Miki Tori
**Starring**: Hiroaki Hirata, Katsuhiko Watabiki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa

> *Stillborn terror strikes from Tokyo Bay.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Shadows lengthen over Tokyo Bay. A detective’s radio crackles, static cutting through Labor sirens. Two men follow scraped-up evidence into a corridor of sealed files.

Denial smells like ozone after another cracked casing. The search ends where a file bears Hata’s daughter’s name.

A single frame from Takashi Miike’s mid-period anime shelf.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, outsider, slow-burn

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