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Quick Info

Rating

5.5/10

Release1986

Runtime0h 55m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Bandai Visual

Network Koenji Studio

Movie

Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber

1986

0h 55m

5.5

Animation

Synopsis

Ryou Matsumoto is a screenplay writer that runs into a man and witnesses his murder. Unknown to him, he gets caught up in an illegal antique ring along with a girl he meets named Yuki. In order to survive, he ends up acting out the "action hero" role that he writes in his screenplays.

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