---
title: 'The Red Spectacles (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mamoru Oshii'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-spectacles-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228456/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Red Spectacles (1987)

1987 · 116 min · Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 紅い眼鏡

## Synopsis

The Red Spectacles  is a 1987 Japanese science fiction neo-noir film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyōdō. The first film in Oshii's Kerberos Saga, but the second installment overall after its radio drama companion piece While Waiting for the Red Spectacles, the film follows Kōichi Todome, a former police tactical unit officer who, after fleeing Japan following a failed rebellion by his dissolved unit, returns several years later per a promise to his colleagues, only to find Tokyo in a surreal and unrecognizable state.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mamoru Oshii](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamoru-oshii)
- **Screenplay:** [Mamoru Oshii](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamoru-oshii)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kenji Kawai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-kawai)
- **Producer:** [Shigeharu Shiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeharu-shiba)
- **Editor:** [Seiji Morita](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-morita)

## Cast

- [Tesshō Genda](https://cinepixo.com/people/tessho-genda)
- [Ichirō Nagai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-nagai)
- [Hideyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyuki-tanaka)
- [Hideyo Amamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyo-amamoto)
- [Mako Hyōdō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mako-hyodo)
- [Machiko Washio](https://cinepixo.com/people/machiko-washio)
- [Shigeru Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-chiba)

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