History Anime / JinRohTheWolfBrigade

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Fuse's relationship with Kei was [[StarCrossedLovers doomed from the start]] and his loyalty to the Kerberos Unit ultimately proves stronger than his love for Kei, as proven when he tearfully guns her down to tie up all loose ends for the unit. Just to get get a clear image of how cynical Creator/MamoruOshii is, this still manages to be one of the ''happier'' endings in the series.]]

* ResignationsNotAccepted: The very last scene in the film makes clear that if Fuse had decided to quit his unit, he would have been assassinated by his fellow members.

* SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: {{Averted|}} - because of the story's background [[AlternateHistory being in an alternate 1960s with Japan having joined the Allies but Germany winning World War II and only recently having pulled out of occupying Japan]], the film's firearms are a wide variety of weapons that would hardly be out of place of German armories in World War II, from Kerberos using MG42 as standard-issue guns to the Sect terrorists having Panzerfausts as well as Russian PPSh-41 and British Sten submachine guns (which, if they weren't supplied them from these nations, were probable to have been originally captured by the Germans themselves from their enemies).

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Fuse's relationship with Kei was [[StarCrossedLovers doomed from the start]] and his loyalty to the Kerberos Unit ultimately proves stronger than his love for Kei, as proven when he tearfully guns her down to tie up all lose ends for the unit. Just to get get a clear image of how cynical Creator/MamoruOshii is, this still manages to be one of the ''happier'' endings in the series.]]

* DownInTheDumps: The finale occurs inside of a sewer system.

* CoolGuns: Ranging from the C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser to the [=StG44=] assault rifle.

* {{BFG}}: The hand-held [[CoolGuns [=MG42=] machine guns]] used by the Kerberos unit are completely overkill.

* MayDecemberRomance: Kei is probably at her early '20s at best, while Fuse is probably somewhere in his late '20s early '30s.

* CoolGuns / RareGuns: Ranging from the C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser to the [=StG44=] assault rifle.

[[caption-width-right:300: "''We aren't men disguised as mere dogs. We're wolves disguised as mere men."'']]

* ArcWords: "Why?", is repeatedthroughout the film, used first by Fuse when the young terrorist is about to blow herself up, and is then used thereafter to question why Fuse didn't shoot her first.

* AntiVillain: The Kerberos Unit as a whole slides between this and AntiHero. While they're ostensibly in favor of keeping the peace and ensuring that the terrorist group known as the Sect isn't free to do as it pleases, their often heavy handed methods and willingness to do plenty of their own scheming behind the scenes ([[spoiler:like their treatment of Fuse and Kei]]) to ensure they don't get disbanded firmly prevents them from being heroes. throughout the film, used first by Fuse when the young terrorist is about to blow herself up, and is then used thereafter to question why Fuse didn't shoot her first.

* BookEnds: Both the first and final gun battles
* ArcWords: "Why?", is repeated take place in the same sewers.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Kerberos cops don't show any mercy to their targets and [[MultipleGunshotDeath riddle them with 7.92×57mm bullets]]. The completely one sided carnage of pitting anyone against the Kerberos cops is animated in a glorious mess of muzzle flash, blood and smoke. [[spoiler:To say nothing of Fuse's disposal of Henmi.]] In fact, this is drilled into them through training: the instructor makes sure that his trainees receive plenty of rubber bullets for doing anything that would have gotten them killed in the field.

[[caption-width-right:360: "''We aren't men disguised as mere dogs. We're wolves disguised as mere men."'']]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Kerberos cops don't show much mercy to their targets and [[MultipleGunshotDeath riddle them with bullets]]. The completely one sided carnage of pitting anyone against the Kerberos cops is animated in a glorious mess of muzzle flash, blood and smoke. [[spoiler:To say nothing of Fuse's disposal of Henmi.]] In fact, this is drilled into them through training: the instructor makes sure that his trainees receive plenty of rubber bullets for doing anything that would have gotten them killed in the field.

* AdultFear: Political repression, terrorism, [[spoiler:deadly internal politics]], and more abound here.

* ManicPixisDreamGirl: Invoked and PlayedForDrama. Kei tries to liven up the otherwise stoic and melancholic Fuse and behaves a bit childishly around him to lighten up the moode. [[spoiler: But it doesn't change a thing. Fuse might love her but his duty and loyalty to his faction are stronger than any feelings he may have for Kei.]]

* AntiVillain: The Kerberos Unit as a whole slides between this and AntiHero. While they're ostensibly in favor of keeping the peace and ensuring that the terrorist group known as the Sect isn't free to do as it pleases, their often heavy handed methods and willingness to do plenty of their own scheming behind the scenes ([[spoiler:like their treatment of Fuse and Kei]]) to ensure they don't get disbanded firmly prevents them from being heroes.
* ArcWords: "Why?", is repeated throughout the film, used first by Fuse when the young terrorist is about to blow herself up, and is then used thereafter to question why Fuse didn't shoot her first.

* BookEnds: Both the first and final gun battles take place in the same sewers.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Fuse kills Kei Amemiya.]]

* LittleDeadRidingHood: The terrorist girl at the beginning [[spoiler:and Kei]] both die.

* SuspectIsHatless: When Fuse and Kei are om the run, the all points bulletin going out for their arrest doesn't even give a description, only mentioning them as a "male and female suspect".
* TakingYouWithMe: The bomb courier in the film's beginning blows herself up instead of surrendering or getting shot.

* NotSoDifferent: Henmi ponders such during the final shoot-out in the sewers.

* DirtyCoward: Henmi. [[spoiler:When Fuse massacres his friends, he ducks behind a wall instead of trying to back them up.]]

** In one of the film's more disturbing moments, Fuse has a nightmare that keeps shifting between [[RuleOfSymbolism a pack of wolves]] butchering and eating Kei, and himselfe emotionlessly gunning Kei down in front of the rest of his squad. [[spoiler:Sure enough, by the end of the film, he's forced to kill her at the behest of the Wolf Brigade.]]

* LeaveYourQuestTest: Kei pleads to Fuse for them to run away together. She reminds him of this when it turns out he knew all along that she was an informer.

* StopOrIWillShoot: Surprisingly Averted. Despite their fearsome appearance and the nature of their work, the Kerberos squad are never shown to be the instigators of the first firefight. During the first battle they give the terrorist ample time to surrender and only open fire when one of the terrorists starts shooting at them.

* PuttingOnTheReich: This is the OTHER trope this series is most remembered for.

* ShellShockedVeteran: A variant. Fuse is wracked with guilt and post-traumatic stress after a terrorist blows herself up in front of him, having flashbacks to the event and having nightmares of killing Kei.

* CurbstompBattle: Any time people try to take on members of the Kerberos Unit while they're clad in Protect Gear, as the terrorists in the intro and [[spoiler:PSD agents]] find out.

* MayDecemberRomance: Kei is probably at her early '20s at best, while Fuse is probably somewere in his late '20s early '30s.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Fuse kills the only woman who he ever loved and ever loved him back. To make things worse, future films have his unit disbanded.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: A powerful moment in the film, Kei grabs onto Fuse crying and utters line from Little Red Riding Hood "Mother, what big claws you have! Mother, what big teeth you have!". All the while, Fuse is screaming in anguish as he finds himself forced to either shoot the woman he loves or turn his back on his fellow Panzer Cops.

* DirtyCoward: Henmi.

* RecurringDreams: And BadDreams to boot. Fuse sees the dead girl in his dreams and each time the dream gets worse.

* AnachronicOrder: Jin-Roh was the final movie made in the Keroberos Saga, but in terms of the timeline it's the first event in the series, taking place a good 30 years before the 2 live action films.

* LittleDeadRidingHood

* StopOrIWillShoot!: Surprisingly Averted. Despite their fearsome appearance and the nature of their work, the Kerberos squad are never shown to be the instigators of the first firefight. During the first battle they give the terrorist ample time to surrender and only open fire when one of the terrorists starts shooting at them.

* YouCanNeverLeave: [[spoiler:After Fuse kills Kei, another Kerberos cop is shown decocking his Broomhandle Mauser which he was aiming at the two, making it clear what would have happened to Fuse if he'd refused to kill her.]]
* YouKnowTooMuch: [[spoiler:Kei must be killed to guarantee Public Security can't find her and do the same -- as long as she's missing, they can't be sure Kei isn't under protective custody somewhere, ready to give evidence if needed.]]