Japan Synopsis
人狼 JIN-ROH
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.
Audience Engagement
413 audience reviews — more than 92% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 1998–2000 Japan Window
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade holds position #45 of 187 Japan films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade premiered alongside 60 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 60 other Japan films in 1999.
The 1244th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- suicide mission · 3
- atmospheric · 3
- resistance fighter · 3
- little red riding hood · 2
- brothers grimm · 1
- noir · 1
- politician · 23
- alternate history · 13
- resistance · 11
- social issues · 9
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- dystopia · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,346 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,016 of 2,532 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Bandai Visual, Production I.G, ING |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | November 17, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0193253 |