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Golgo 13: The Professional

1983 · 91 min

A stylish, brutal and melancholy animated thriller that feels cold, sleek and unrelenting from start to finish.

Directed by
Osamu Dezaki
Genres
Crime, Animation, Action
Starring
Tetsurō Sagawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kei Tomiyama
Tagline
He shoots...he scores...he'll blow you away!
Overview
Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?

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Directed by
Osamu Dezaki
Genres
Crime, Animation, Action
Starring
Tetsurō Sagawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kei Tomiyama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • violence
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, animation, action
Directed by
Osamu Dezaki
Written by
Shūkei Nagasaka
Starring
Tetsurō Sagawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kei Tomiyama, Kumiko Takizawa, Reiko Mutoh, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirô Murakoshi, Kazue Komiya
Music
Toshiyuki Ohmori
Cinematography
Hirokata Takahashi
Runtime
91 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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