Trailer for Korea’s live-action ‘Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade’

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (인랑)/Inrang

Following the end of shooting in March this year, Warner Bros. has released another new trailer for the South Korea remake of JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE (인랑) a.k.a. INRANG. Showcasing stars Gang Dong-Won, Han Hyo-Joo, Kim Moo-Yul, and Han Ye-Ri, it’s due for release in Korea in July 2018. You can check out the trailer below.

The film, a remake of Mamoru Oshii’s manga series Kerberos Panzer Cop was previously filmed as two live action films The Red Spectacles (1987) and StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991). The more famous of the adaptations is the 1999 Hiroyuki Okiura anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

While the original was set in an alternative 1950s Japan, this remake will be set in a dystopian Korea of 2029, where plans to unite the two Koreas have been underway for years. The titular special force is put together to combat the anti-unification terrorist group known as The Sect.

READ MORE: JIN-ROH:THE WOLG BRIGADE: Two posters for Korea remake.

Director Kim Jee-Woon is one of South Korea’s biggest directors as well. His previous films have included international hits The Age of Shadows (2016), I Saw the Devil (2010), The Good, the Bad and the Weird (2008), A Bittersweet Life (2005), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), and The Quiet Family (1998).