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The Red Spectacles

Name: The Red Spectacles
Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1987-02-07
Rating: 6.5

What dream are you welcoming?

Science FictionMysteryCrime1h 56m

6.5/10

6.5

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Storyline

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.

Trailers

THE RED SPECTACLES - Official U.S. Trailer (4K Restoration)

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

Rajiv Prajapati

RTThe Asian CutMar 22, 2026

[The] dense narrative complexity creates the right platform for much of the abstractions that arise within the film, giving the philosophical meanderings something to cling to.

Diane Carson

RTAWFJ.orgFeb 12, 2026

Abandon customary expectations for this inventive dystopian world. Mixing truth and illusion, allegory and social critique, director Oshii creates a mind-bending two hours with mounds of dead bodies, loud violence, and illogical twists and turns.

Reuben Baron

RTAnime News NetworkNov 20, 2025

Though I was a bit too baffled by The Red Spectacles to love it or declare it a great movie, I was never bored by it.

Justin Bower

RTLoud and Clear ReviewsNov 20, 2025

What starts as an exploration of an authoritarian state morphs into surrealism, satire, and slapstick humor to create an experience that’s as hard to follow as it is to dislike.