On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
Cinematography
Every frame drips with rain-soaked cyberpunk aesthetic.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn yakuza tattoos that tell entire life stories.
Sound
Synth score that absolutely understands the assignment.
Director
Yoshiyuki Okada
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Ken (Takeshi Kovacs) (voice)
Rina Sato
Gina (Leilin Kawahara) (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Holly Togram (voice)
Kenji Yamauchi
Hideki Tanaseda (voice)
Kanehira Yamamoto
Shinji (voice)
Koji Ishii
Genzō (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Ogai (voice)
Kaori Nakamura
Holly's Mom (voice)
Kazumasa Nakamura
Holly's Dad (voice)
Atsushi Imaruoka
Tsubakihara (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Hachisuka (voice)
Naoto Kobayashi
Mayuzumi (voice)
Takayuki Ishii
Taniguchi (voice)
Hisako Tojo
Shima (voice)
Kouichi Souma
Nogaki (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Studio Anima produced this despite the live-action series' cancellation, making it a strange animated orphan.
The yakuza tattoo tradition depicted here—tebori hand-poking—takes years and signals rank; the film treats them as literal soul-maps.
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