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City Hunter Special: The Secret Service

1996 · 90 min

A breezy, gag-filled action caper that mixes slapstick flirtation with a surprisingly tender family drama.

Directed by
Kenji Kodama
Genres
Action, Animation, Comedy
Starring
Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Tessyo Genda
Tagline
City Hunter is Back on the Case - Warm Up Your Hammers!
Overview
City Hunter, the globally adored hero, becomes embroiled in an adventure that takes him deep into the political intrigue of a Third World country and into the pain and anguish of one man's tortured past. James McGuire's life is so dangerous he has to hire bodyguards for his Secret Service agents. It doesn't help that his chief agent is actually his long-lost daughter. Luckily for him, City Hunter and Kaori are behind on the rent and need the work. But a dark secret from McGuire's past threatens to destroy him and his lonely daughter Anna. Will he live to rescue his country? Will his resentful daughter learn to love him again? Will City Hunter finally get some action?

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Directed by
Kenji Kodama
Genres
Action, Animation, Comedy
Starring
Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Tessyo Genda
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • redemption
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, animation, comedy, crime
Directed by
Kenji Kodama
Written by
Kenji Kodama, Akinori Endo
Starring
Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Tessyo Genda, Yoko Asagami, Akio Otsuka, Mami Koyama, Daiki Nakamura, Hiroshi Naka
Cinematography
Youichi Hasegawa
Runtime
90 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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