Live-action PATLABOR, feature-length theatrical DC version trailer completed!　Mamoru Oshii: "This is an "extra thick" version with themes that need to be talked about.

From "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR," the live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," a trailer for the feature-length theatrical director's cut version has been released.

→Live-action version of PATLABOR, 7 chapters will be screened at events from April 2014! Completely original new "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR".

The film, which has attracted attention for its total production cost of 2.2 billion yen, including the 8-meter-long life-size Type 98 Ingram and the fully realized Section 2 building with a Laberdog, will start with Chapter 1 (Episodes 0-1) on April 5, 2014, followed by the final Chapter 7 (Episode 12, "The Great Legacy") on January 10, 2015. On May 1, 2015, the feature film version "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Decisive Battle" was released. On October 10, the director's cut version of the feature-length theatrical version will be released with 27 minutes of new footage added.

The trailer for the director's cut version of the feature-length theatrical version has now been released. The trailer says, "This is a "special thick version" filled with themes that need to be talked about. The trailer opens with Oshii's own comment, "If you drink it in one gulp, you might get a stomach ache. The film is a mystery that focuses on the identity of the terrorist Haibara, played by Kanna Mori, and its disturbing content emphasizes the "ambiguity between reality and unreality" that has been a common theme in Oshii's past works.

All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
Screening will begin on April 5 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other locations! (Episode 0: about 15 minutes, Episodes 1-12: about 48 minutes each)
Release date: [Chapter 1] April 5, [Chapter 2] May 31, [Chapter 3] July 12, [Chapter 4] August 30, [Chapter 5] October 18, [Chapter 6] November 29, [Chapter 7] January 10, 2015
Cast: Erina Mano, Toshio Kakei, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, etc.
General Director: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha, Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku Media Division

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Feature Film
Opening Friday, May 1, 2015 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters nationwide (approx. 100 min.)
Cast: Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, Kanna Mori, Kotaro Yoshida, Reiko Takashima
Director/Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha / VFX Production: Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Director's Cut
October 10 (Sat.) Roadshow throughout Japan

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