StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops


StrayDog Kerberos Panzer Cops, lit. Kerberos Watchdog of Hell , Keruberosu Jigoku no Banken? , a 1991 Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii and starring Shigeru Chiba and Yoshikatsu Fujiki. It is the second theatrical film related to the Kerberos saga manga Kerberos Panzer Cop. It was preceded by The Red Spectacles, released in 1987. The film is a prequel to The Red Spectacles. It was followed by JinRoh in 1999.

Three years later, Inui is released from prison and leaves Japan on parole. His contact from the mysterious Fugitive Support Group reported that Koichi Todome was exiled in Taipei, Taiwan. It is revealed later that Inuis release was engineered by the Public Security Force and that his contact, Hayashi, is actually an agent of this intelligence service looking for Koichi who escaped once with the intention of creating a new Kerberos organization abroad and returning to Tokyo. Inui picks up on the trail of Koichi after finding Tang Mie, a teenage Taiwanese girl that Todome has been involved with. She tells Inui that Koichi also left her, and the two team up to search for the Panzer Cop officer. They find Koichi fishing pawns, and after a brawl, the trio settle down together.However, the peace is soon broken. Hayashi contacts Inui to propose him a deal either Koichi surrenders to be extradited and the Japanese government will be forgiving and allow the young man to remain in Taiwan with his beloved Tang Mie, or himself and Koichi will be hunted by the Public Security Force forever. In order to defeat the Public Security Force platoon, Inui needs Koichis saved ProtectGear and equipment. The two Kerberos fight together and Inui is the strongest. With his superiors suitcase in hand, Inui heads toward Hayashis rendezvous point, an abandoned hotel. Inui confronts and captures the agent and orders him to help with the wearing of the ProtectGear. Armed with Koichis MG42 machinegun, Inui stalks the hotel and kills the Public Security Force squad. However, when killing the squads leader in an abandoned Kerberos fortress, he is fatally wounded and passes away, in the ground, slowly, alone, like a dog... ........

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