The Red Spectacles

The Red Spectacles

What dream are you welcoming?

1987 · 116 min · ★ 6.5 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Crime

Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.

Directed by Mamoru Oshii · Written by Kazunori Ito

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