Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian

2019 1h 0m JA

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★6.7TMDB · 86★7.2IMDB · 1,166

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Synopsis

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2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Army's 15th Integrated Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kenji Nojima
Ginoza Nobuchika (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Kougami Shin`ya (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Tsunemori Akane (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Shimotsuki Mika (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Masaoka Tomomi (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Sugou Teppei (voice)
Masumi Asano
Aoyanagi Risa (voice)
Kimiko Saito
Gentaku Aiko (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
Writers: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami, Naoki Arakawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, shot by Eiji Arai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yugo Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshinori Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kenji Nojima and Tomokazu Seki and Kana Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11078434 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Naoyoshi Shiotani directs. Eiji Arai behind the camera. Yugo Kanno scores. Yoshinori Murakami cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Part of the "Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, shot by Eiji Arai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yugo Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yoshinori Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kenji Nojima and Tomokazu Seki and Kana Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt11078434 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "guerrilla warfare", "police", "detective", "dystopia".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eiji Arai
Original score: Yugo Kanno
Editing: Yoshinori Murakami
Runtime: 60 min · 1h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian (2019)
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 1,166 votes

Part of

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Collection

This theatrical version is a three-part series based on the protagonists of the original works as the main story line. Case.1 "Crime and Punishment" will tell the story centered on Sagetsu (Sakura Ayane) and Ginoza (Nojima Kenji); Case.2 "First Guardian" will tell Sugo (Hiroki Higashiji) and Seiji Lu (with Ben Qinlong) as the center of the story; Case.3 "The Other Side of Enmity" will tell the story of Cunning Shenya.