Goku II: Midnight Eye

1989 0h 53m JA

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★6.7TMDB · 22

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Synopsis

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Goku, the lone wolf private detective is back, contracted by Yoshiko, a mysterious, beautiful and very afraid woman, to find and save her brother, Ryu. Will Goku be able to protect Yoshiko from her step father's soldiers long enough to find her brother? Meanwhile Ryu, the unfortunate subject of a military experiment gone bad, leaves a trail of bodies behind him and has no intention of being found or saved by anyone. Will Goku have to kill the man he is supposed to save? Will even his omniscient cybernetic eye and sceptre be enough to help him defeat this indestructible killing machine?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Juji Matsuda
Goku Furinji (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Zenzō Kadoma (voice)
Issei Futamata
Isozaki (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Ryuu Kadoma (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Ryoko Kadoma (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka
Special Agent (voice)
Kimie Hantani
Girl (voice)
Koji Totani
Gang leader (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Writers: Buichi Terasawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 53-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Goku: Midnight Eye Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Juji Matsuda and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Issei Futamata carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4930540 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yoshiaki Kawajiri directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 53-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Goku: Midnight Eye Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Juji Matsuda and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Issei Futamata carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4930540 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 53 min · 0h 53m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): MA 15+
IMDB: Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989)

Part of

Goku: Midnight Eye Collection

A private eye named Goku investigates a number of suicides of police officers. When he encounters the woman responsible for those suicides, he is caught by her supernatural powers and the only way to survive was to stab his own eye out. Now replaced with a cybernetic implant that allows him to access nearly every computer on earth and equipped with a powerful rod that can extend to quite a length, he resumes the investigation only to find out it falls deeper into the net of underground rulers.