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City Hunter: Bay City Wars

City Hunter: Bay City Wars

19906.20h 45m

Overview

Rival private eyes Ryo Saeba and Umibozu must find a way into a high-tech luxury hotel to rescue their friends who are being held hostage and stop a mad South American dictator's plans to use the hotel's supercomputer to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Highly reminiscent of Die Hard, right down to a scene where Ryu bunjee-jumps off of the roof of the hotel skyscraper with a fire hose. Written by Christopher E. Meadows

Directed by Kenji Kodama
Written by Yasushi Hirano
Produced by Michihiko Suwa, Shigeaki Komatsu, Masuo Ueda
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Top Cast

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Ryo Saeba (voice)

Kazue Ikura

Kazue Ikura

Kaori Makimura (voice)

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Saeko Nogami (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Umibouzu (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Miki (voice)

Hirohiko Kakegawa

Hirohiko Kakegawa

Doorman (voice)

Hochu Otsuka

Hochu Otsuka

Norton's Aide (voice)

Kazuhiko Kishino

Kazuhiko Kishino

Claude (voice)

K

Kazuo Harada

Norton (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Soldier B (voice)

Themes & Keywords

policedetectiverevengeshounenanime

About City Hunter: Bay City Wars

City Hunter: Bay City Wars is a action, comedy, animation, thriller, crime film released in 1990 exploring themes of police, detective, revenge, shounen, anime. Directed by Kenji Kodama, it stars Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Yoko Asagami. Rival private eyes Ryo Saeba and Umibozu must find a way into a high-tech luxury hotel to rescue their friends who are being held hostage and stop a mad South American dictator's plans to use the hotel's supercomputer to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Highly reminiscent of Die Hard, right down to a scene where Ryu bunjee-jumps off of the roof of the hotel skyscraper with a fire hose. Written by Christopher E. Meadows

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