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Patlabor the Movie
JAPAN · 1989

Patlabor the Movie

Mamoru Oshii
artificial intelligence corporate conspiracy urban crime investigation autonomous technology government corruption
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Synopsis

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

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