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This month seems to be the time to release action movies that color outside the lines. We’ve already had Dev Patel’s Monkey Man , a messy, throw-everything-at-the-wall action movie that blends intricate fight sequences and on-the-nose social commentary in an entertaining package that will surely gain cult status in the near future. Just this weekend, Boy Kills World dished out loads of cartoon violence and over-the-top gore in a bid for John Wick-level fandom. Both movies bend or break the rules of reality to deliver quickly cut fight scenes that push the boundaries of the genre, all in an attempt to one-up the high standards set by the best movies in the Mission: Impossible and Fast and Furious franchises.

• It’s an adaptation of a massively popular franchise

The action scenes are over-the-top and sublime

Ryo is both incredibly cool and utterly immature, city hunter constantly surprises you.

Yet the best of the April bunch is the one that has the lowest profile. City Hunter doesn’t star anyone you’d recognize like It actor Bill Skarsgård in Boy Kills World  and hasn’t been backed by an extensive marketing campaign like Universal’s Monkey Man . But the movie is a blast; it’s like putting Pop Rocks in a can of Mountain Dew and chasing it down with a couple of Pixy Sticks. It’s ludicrous, immature, and totally unrealistic. It’s also my favorite action movie of 2024. Here’s why you need to stream City Hunter pronto.

It’s an adaptation of a massively popular franchise

If you’re not a manga, anime, or Jackie Chan fan, you’ve probably never heard of City Hunter . That’s OK, I hadn’t either until I watched Netflix’s version. City Hunter began life as a popular manga series in 1985. It was quickly adapted into an anime series in 1987 and, later, theatrical animated movies released in 1989, 1990, 1999, 2019, and 2023. It’s also been adapted into several live-action iterations, including a 1993 Hong Kong movie starring Jackie Chan (who publicly trashed the film) and a 2019 French version with Pamela Anderson (!) in the cast.

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The Netflix version carries no baggage from the previous versions; in other words, you don’t need to know anything about the mythology of City Hunter to understand what’s going on. The movie’s plot is pretty straightforward: Former cops Ryo Saeba and his partner Hideyuki Makimura run a detective agency named City Hunter. They’re hired to find a teenage runaway, who has ingested a bootleg Angel Dust drug that gives its user temporary super strength. The only down side? You kinda die after the effects wear off.

After Hideyuki is murdered by one of these Angel Dust users, Ryo must team up with his partner’s adopted sister, Kaori, to find the the runway, protect her, avenge Hideyuki’s death, and take down the criminal organization behind the whole drug enterprise.

This is a fairly typical action movie plot (it reminded me a bit of the first two Lethal Weapon movies as well as The Adventures of Ford Fairlane ), and it’s retro simplicity is part of its charm. There’s no spooky AI algorithm to battle or world-ending crisis to solve; instead, Ryo has to overcome a designer drug cartel and a police force that doesn’t entirely trust his renegade behavior.

Is it a shock to claim that action movies live or die by their action sequences? No, of course not. And if you judge City Hunter purely by its fight scenes, the movie is a clear winner. It opens with one of its best scenes: an extended chase scene that starts with Ryo hand-gliding his way into a skyscraper, shooting a window so it break upon impact, executing a Street Fighter-style flying kick that would make Chun-Li proud, and concluding with Ryo using a massage mat to slide down some stairs and fly out another window, his flight scored by soaring rock music and punctuated by slow motion so you can soak it all in.

And that’s just the first 15 minutes! Later in the movie, there’s a showdown at a crowded cosplay convention where Ryo fights a leather-clad woman with a whip a la Catwoman , who then pulls out two small knives from the base of her bullwhip to subdue Ryo. Oh, and there’s also someone with a rifle shooting at Ryo while all this is going on. City Hunter ‘s action scenes are intense and often brutal, and even if they aren’t remotely realistic, you’re still on the edge of your seat to see how it will all turn out.

Two of my favorite action heroes ever are Steve McQueen’s cool, stylish cop in Bullitt and Spike Spiegel’s aloof loner in Cowboy Bebop . With his fashionable turtleneck shirts, beige trench coat, and playboy attitude, City Hunter ‘s Ryo Saeba is clearly drawn from the same cloth. And it’s a credit to actor Ryohei Suzuki that he embodies the aspects of this character flawlessly. Ryohei is incredibly charismatic, and he makes you love Ryo even when he’s acting like a complete idiot.

Unlike the characters that clearly inspired him, Ryo is immature and a bit goofy. He’s addicted to porn, ogles women’s breasts shamelessly, and is prone to showing his, er, excitement, when someone attractive is around him. (And someone always is.) Yet City Hunter doesn’t let its hero off the hook with this behavior.

Through Kaori’s constant disapproval and nudging to be better, Ryo eventually reigns in his immaturity enough to keep his focus and solve the case. It’s a redemptive arc that isn’t overplayed, and it feels earned.

I’d be remiss to not briefly touch on one of the best aspects of City Hunter : It always keeps you guessing as to what will happen next. The movie has its own narrative logic, so it never feels choppy, but it also constantly springs one surprise after another. From the aforementioned chase scene that opens the movie to its third-act showdown that pits Ryo and Kaori against a seemingly endless stream of foes, City Hunter throws constantly curveballs at you.

One such curveball is its non-sequitur humor. The movie is funny in ways that is both cheap and sophomoric, but it works. This is pre-adolescent humor that cheerfully finds comedy in the most juvenile things like uncontrollable erections, pervy photographers, and exploding heads, but it somehow all makes sense.

And then there’s a scene at a disco that finds City’s Hunter ‘s hero in nothing but a barely-there Speedo, dancing and posing joyfully in front of an adoring crowd. Why is Ryo doing this? And what purpose does it serve the movie? I’ll leave it to you to discover the answers to those questions because it’s all part of what makes the movie such a hoot to watch. You’d never find Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt doing what Ryo does in this movie, which makes it all the more unique and special to watch.

City Hunter may not be for everyone, and that’s OK. If you prefer dour action movies that are deadly serious, then give this film a hard pass. But if you want to see some of the craziest action scenes in film today, and don’t mind engaging with a movie that wields immature humor like a giant hammer (Kaori literally does this in several scenes), then start streaming City Hunter as soon as possible. It’s a movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously (just look at the last image of this article for proof) and remembers to prioritize one of the key reasons why we want to watch action movies in the first place: to have fun.

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City hunter, common sense media reviewers.

Violent manga adaptation has language, sexist behavior.

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What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

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Meant to be an action comedy, most of the violence

The main character is often distracted by cleavage

Strong language includes "s--t," "a--hole," "ass,"

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Parents need to know that City Hunter is a Japanese action comedy based on a manga by Tsukasa Hojo about an ex-assassin detective who solves people's requests for help around the city. When his partner is killed and leaves behind a sister in need of protection, the "city hunter" must figure out what happened…

Positive Messages

Some positive messages of courage. Fight for your friends and family. Protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Positive Role Models

Ryo works hard to avenge his partner and protect his sister. Kaori tries her best to help.

Diverse Representations

The film and cast are Japanese. Other characters routinely call the main character "pervy," and he often objectifies and sexualizes women. He frequently stares at women's cleavage and butts and sometimes gives nicknames to women like, "Miss Sweater Melons." The primary women characters in the film are helpless victims in need of saving. Some brief shots of men in drag are shown but only for the purpose of spectacle.

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Violence & Scariness

Meant to be an action comedy, most of the violence is lighthearted, but people do get shot with handguns and automatics, and blood shows. A handful of people also have little bombs placed in the back of their necks explode, and while their heads don't fly off, sprays and splatters of blood go everywhere. A man slices a woman's neck, and blood seeps out as she bleeds out and dies. A man has a grenade stuffed in his mouth, and later, it goes off, but in the distance. Lots of hand-to-hand combat, kicks, punches, knees, throws, and slams. Dead bodies are shown. People are stabbed with knives, choked, drugged, and held captive against their will. A woman is slapped in the face. A truck crashes into a building.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

The main character is often distracted by cleavage. He often stares at and makes comments about women's bodies. Through binoculars he stares at women in bathing suits in another building. Someone dumps a box of pornographic DVDs on the ground, and they spill out. Different people advertise "girls" for their businesses. A social media post shows a woman dancing sexually and showing cleavage. A man gets naked, covering up his genitals with different objects. Jokes about "boners" and a character repeatedly says, "mokkori," which is Japanese slang for "erection."

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Strong language includes "s--t," "a--hole," "ass," "d--k," "boner," "mokkori (erection)" "butthole," "damn," and "hell."

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

Adults share champagne while celebrating a birthday. A woman complains that her brother gets "wasted" too much. Adults in bars drink alcoholic beverages in the background. A drug characters refer to as "angel dust" is forced upon random victims. It makes them super strong and then it kills them.

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Parents need to know that City Hunter is a Japanese action comedy based on a manga by Tsukasa Hojo about an ex-assassin detective who solves people's requests for help around the city. When his partner is killed and leaves behind a sister in need of protection, the "city hunter" must figure out what happened. While mean to be comedic, some of the violence is still bloody, with characters getting shot, stabbed, and killed. Dead bodies are shown, veins grotesquely bulge in victims' throats before they die, and some characters have little bombs in the back of their necks explode, causing blood to spray and splatter everywhere. Additionally, there's a lot of fighting, kicks, punches, knees, and throws. There's no explicit sex, but the main character often sexualizes and ogles women, staring at their cleavage and butts. He also keeps large quantities of pornographic DVDs and frequently jokes about "boners" and "mokkori" (Japanese slang for "erection"). One scene features the man naked and dancing, covering up his genitals with various objects, never revealing them. A large part of the plot involves a criminal group experimenting with "angel dust" and forcibly testing variations of it on random victims, who get super strong and then die. A few scenes show adults drinking alcohol. Strong language includes "s--t," "a--hole," "ass," "d--k," "butthole," "damn," and "hell." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Old school action movie. Immature male humor (sexist/misogynistic)

What's the story.

In CITY HUNTER, ex-assassin detective Ryo (Ryohei Suzuki) hunts around the city solving random requests that are posted on an anonymous "board." But when his partner is killed, Ryo uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that involves his partner's sister.

Is It Any Good?

This Japanese action comedy suffers from being an adaptation of a manga from the 1980s that hasn't aged well. In order to adapt this manga for a modern audience, City Hunter tries to reduce the original's sexism and main character's sexualization and objectification of women, but there's still plenty of it. For some viewers, this may not offend at all, and the film's well-done action sequences will thrill and excite. But for many, the frequent camera shots of women's cleavage and butts, jokes about "boners" and "erections," and laughing off the way men objectify women will be too much to suffer through. While the film tries to playfully shame this behavior sometimes, it's always admonished only through the voice of women characters.

It'd be one thing to poke fun at the main character for his sexist behavior, but he's also by far the hero of the story, the "cool" guy, the best fighter, and "the savior" of the two other main women characters in the story, who have little to do except be victims. They have little agency, can't fight, don't help to solve the crime, and only "mess things up," get in the way, and make mistakes. To make matters worse, one of them is a cosplayer who makes her way by dressing up in sexualized costumes and posting them on social media. The danger here is that these narratives of "masculine" heroism and passive "femininity" normalize unequal and sexist behavior and beliefs about both genders.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about violence in action comedies. Did any of the violence in City Hunter surprise you, given the comedic theme of movie?

How did you feel about Ryo's overt sexualization and objectification of women? While his character was clearly meant to be funny, did you find him funny? Why or why not?

How do you feel about Kaori and Kurumi? Do you feel they have enough agency or things to do in the film?

Movie Details

• On DVD or streaming : April 25, 2024
• Cast : Ryôhei Suzuki , Misato Morita , Masanobu Andô , Fumino Kimura
• Director : Yûichi Satô
• Inclusion Information : Female actors, Asian actors
• Studio : Netflix
• Genre : Action/Adventure
• Run time : 102 minutes
• MPAA rating : NR
• Last updated : April 28, 2024

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City Hunter (2024) Review – 80s Manga brought to life

Netflix J-movie City Hunter brings manga hero to life in full color

Today, Japanese live-action comedy crime movie, City Hunter, drops with a shot, streaming worldwide on Netflix. Based on the wildly popular manga series created by Tsukasa Hojo, City Hunter features Ryo Saeba, an unflappable, foolish and flirtatious private detective who likes the ladies. He and his partner, Hideyuki Makimura manage their crime ‘sweeper’ business, City Hunter, on the down low – only contactable through a blackboard at a Tokyo train station. When his partner is killed, Saeba becomes responsible for Hideyuki’s tomboy younger sister, Kaori, who works with him to investigate the murder. 

In the age of Marvel movies out the wazoo, heroes who can shoot perfectly with both hands while making snarky comments feels pretty standard. Yet City Hunter somehow manages to feel different. Maybe it’s because it’s set in Tokyo’s stunning Shinjuku district or perhaps because Saeba is so unpredictable – for the uninitiated, anyway. 

Let’s not pretend it’s free of misogynistic undertones – after all, the character is a hit manga from the 80s – the days of the original Baywatch , The Dukes of Hazzard and Life on Mars to name some obvious culprits. So, there’s a push-pull to remain true to the manga character without being criminally sexist. City Hunter seems to have hit a balance of sorts – while Saeba is still glorifying porn and staring at breasts, the women that are involved are flaunting for their own ulterior purposes. I guess you could call it a win-win of sorts, no?

City Hunter is directed by Japanese filmmaker, Yuichi Sato, known for manga adaptation Kasane: Beauty and Fate and The Master Plan. Leading man Saeba is played by Ryohei Suzuki ( Tokyo MER, The Egoist ), while Misato Morita ( The Naked Director ) plays Kaori Makimura. Ryo’s partner Hideyuki Makimura is played by Masanobu Ando ( Fishbowl Wives , My Second Aoharu ). And Fumino Kimura ( Love for Beginners , The Fable ) plays Saeko Nogami, a beautiful detective who has a complicated relationship with Saeba. But truly, doesn’t everyone?

Frankly, I came to this film with some trepidation. At the same time, however obnoxious, the ‘playboy’ nature is a key part of the character – in fact it’s our lead’s cover as he searches for evidence underground. Playing the drunken scavenger is his thing and he does it well. And to be fair the person who shows the most skin is Saeba himself – gleefully one might add, as part of a strip show. It’s a chunk of his grand plan to scare off his partner’s younger sister and send her home while he works the underworld system.

In an interview with The Japan Times , Director Sato said, “It is rule No.1 that you respect the original manga works.” Fair.

In the same story, commenting about the use of Saeba’s manga catchphrase seeking a, ‘mokkori chance,’ a euphemism, Ryohei Suzuki – a fan of the original – says, “We felt it is tolerable, given Saeba doesn’t always use the word sexually but almost randomly. It is, after all, his identity.”

So how about the rest of it? The storyline is a little disconnected with way too many villains yet it’s easy to ID the baddies – clue: it’s anyone who’s not Saeba’s personal friend. The plot covers a crime group testing an enhancing drug on homeless kids, hiding as they track and blow-up any affiliate who becomes superfluous or overly proprietorial.

The 102-minute show leaves room for a sequel as the enemy gets away and Saeba acquires a new partner, whether he wants one or not. With 191 printed ‘episodes’ there’s plenty of content should they decide to carry on.

From a character perspective, there’s not a huge amount of development or growth. Saeba is Saeba though he doesn’t seem to be able to shake Kaori – with that, there’s hope for him – something that could develop in future renditions. And Kaori gets better with weapons. So, there’s room.

If you can’t get enough, catch the 2011 K-drama starring Lee Min-ho on AppleTV and the 1987 anime on Crunchyroll. 

Still curious about a mokkori chance? Click to read our City Hunter (2024) Ending Explained story. 

What do you think of City Hunter (2024) and Saeba? Classic jerk or classically funny? Shout your thoughts in the comments below. 

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My Review of Netflix's City Hunter (2024)

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Having grown up on the original manga in the 80s, I really, really enjoyed it. It was as good as it could possibly be given today's social climate and the constraints of being its rather short runtime. Ryohei Suzuki was perfect as Ryo Saeba, completely believable as the badass and the sex-crazed pervert. He's definitely the highlight of the movie.

The story, despite Makimura's death and the Angel Dust angle being an integral part of City Hunter's larger storyline canon, did feel like an episodic run-of-the-mill case. There's obviously so much more that they could've be explored (like Ryo's background which they slightly alluded to in the brief war scene), but I appreciate them not blowing the wad and rushing Ryo's backstory, which deserves more time to truly shine.

While the Nicky Larson movie was better on the comedy/sex jokes and the sexual chemistry between their leads was stronger, personally I thought the Netflix adaptation was superior in every other aspect, especially the action and it really captured the heart & soul of what City Hunter's all about for me. That rooftop scene with Ryo and Kaori convinced me that the filmmakers really understood Ryo's character. Suzuki switched from goofball pervert to elite badass so seamlessly and convincingly, it was just a joy to watch. Ryo and Kaori's relationship, while subtly portrayed, showed a lot of promise for growth and it was just the right amount, being the first movie, and hopefully of many more to come. EDIT: So while the movie was a bit light on the sex jokes compared with Nicky Larson, the jokes they did have were just spot on. The funniest part of the movie for me--Ryo's cockblocking of the upskirt photographers--was PERFECTLY translated from the kind of stunt that Ryo usually pulls in the manga to protect the girl from other perverts, lol.

As amazing as I thought most of the movie was, I do think it could've used an extra 20-30 minutes to strengthen some of the characters' relationships. Ryo and Makimura's friendship needed just a tad more development to show why they're partners. Makimura and Kaori also could've shared more interaction/screen time together to really show us just how much Makimura cared for Kaori and how she loved her overprotective brother. I also think Saeko needed to show a bit more wit and competence besides always being late to the scene of the crime. The ending also needed an epilogue to show Ryo and Saeko discussing the aftermath of the case, Makimura's legacy, and to address the situation with the Union. Heck, I don't think Saeko interacted once with Kaori in this movie Saeko should've at least shared with Ryo her thoughts on Kaori being Ryo's new partner. It was disappointing that she didn't.

The police inspector subplot was predictable and rushed, and the way the Union is introduced feels rather juvenile, since they never felt menacing enough despite the explosive implants plot device. But the action itself was actually a nice surprise and vastly better than what I was expecting, in both the hand-to-hand combat and the gunfights. That last lab gunfight had bits reminiscent of Gun-Kata from Equilibrium, which to me was great. EDIT: And I loved the fact that they hinted at the secret behind Kaori's gun but chose not to reveal it in the first movie.

Overall, I really hope there's another installment that continues the story, because this movie really is the most faithful adaptation of City Hunter in any form outside of the manga/anime (maybe lacking just a bit of the raunchiness that made Nicky Larson so great). And Ryohei Suzuki was born to play Ryo. The movie definitely feels like it's going in the right direction, and the story only scratched the surface of the deep and amazing lore behind City Hunter. I can't wait to see Umibozu, Miki, and the rest of the gang, to see Kaori and Ryo's relationship grow, and of course all of the zany wackiness and mind-blowing action that Ryo gets into.

EDIT: I'm not sure this movie will bring in new fans since the comedy style and the over-the-top portrayals and caricatures probably aren't for everyone, but I strongly encourage any old City Hunter fan to give this movie a chance. It can only help the prospect of getting more City Hunter movies in the future.

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City Hunter 2024 Review:  A new Netflix movie based on the famous manga  City Hunter  by Tsukasa Hojo is here, and I am delighted to review it. Let us see how this movie fared compared to the already beloved manga/anime franchise.

City Hunter 2024 Overview

The beloved manga  City Hunter , which mesmerized readers with over 50 million copies sold, finally hits the big screen in an eagerly anticipated live-action adaptation. It tracks Ryo Saeba, as he manoeuvres through the tough streets of modern-day Shinjuku, Tokyo, handling risky situations as a top “sweeper.” 

Ryohei Suzuki, Misato Morita, Masanobu Ando, Asuka Hanamura, Ayame Misaki, Moemi Katayama, etc, come together to give life to this project. Directed by Yuichi Satoh and produced by Keisuke Sanpei this movie sets the stage for an electrifying adventure. 

The ending theme for this movie is “Get Wild Continual” by TM NETWORK (Sony Music Labels Inc.) and the music is by Eishi Segawa.

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City Hunter 2024 Review and Recap – Nostalgia vs. Adaptation

This movie depicts only the segment of how Ryo met Kaori. On the surface, the story is about a mysterious detective who goes by the name City Hunter whom you can approach with only a very special mean. Things go awfully wrong when Ryo and his partner get the request to track the sister of a young woman.

It is definitely true that adapting any manga or anime into live-action is a difficult chore that will likely face criticism from fans for not being too accurate. And this happens because the things that we see in manga and anime are often extraordinary and when somebody tries to put that into reality, it can turn into a farcical mess. But it’s possible to create adaptations that preserve the essence of the original source material while also bringing something new to the table.

In this movie’s case, I would say they got pretty close to making a good  City Hunter  adaptation but failed because of the timeline difference.

If we consider the positives of this movie, then I must admit that Ryohei Suzuki, as Ryo Saeba, the charismatic and perverted detective is very good. I will say that physically he’s the closest to what you would imagine Ryo to look like in reality. Ryohei managed to pull all the eccentricities of Ryo’s character pretty decently, considering this is a movie of less than two hours. We see his lewdness when he ogles at the breasts of his clients or when he frequents shady establishments, but we also feel his sincerity when he deals with his enemies.

The action sequences are also nicely choreographed and you do consider Ryohei to be a great shooter with impeccable marksmanship just like the original Ryo. Even Kaori, his companion comes off as clumsy but determined when she joins Ryo for a deadly mission. Hence, from the actor’s side, both the protagonists did everything they could in their power to make  City Hunter  as realistic as possible.

But we must admit that  City Hunter  was crafted in the 80s, deeply rooted in the Tokyo of that era. Every detail, from Ryo’s car to the locales he frequents, reflects a bygone Japan. Thus, completely overhauling a story from the past to fit the mould of the 21st century might seem abrupt and lacking. Even the mission that Ryo and Kaori were on was not that intriguing and was pretty predictable till the end. 

The conclusion of the movie was also not that impressive but at least it hints towards a continuation. You can say that this movie was just the introduction and things ended before the main journey of Ryo could begin. The music was tastefully done and I especially loved how they used a rendition of the original  City Hunter  opening towards the end. 

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As a fan of the  City Hunter  anime, watching this movie was a delightful trip down memory lane for me. Personally, I found it quite enjoyable, especially seeing Ryohei’s portrayal that closely mirrors the character of Ryo. If you’re familiar with the original anime or manga, I highly recommend watching this film for its nostalgic charm. But even if you’re new to the franchise, this movie is still worth a watch, as it offers a decent and entertaining experience overall.

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Review | Netflix movie review: City Hunter – Ryohei Suzuki stars as a playboy detective in slick live-action adaptation of the manga

• The exploits of playboy detective Ryo Saeba, the main character of Tsukasa Hojo’s hit manga series, are reimagined in a new Netflix movie starring Ryohei Suzuki
• Ryo teams up with his former colleague’s sister as they investigate her brother’s death, only to uncover a sinister plot with diabolical consequences

Since its launch in 1985, Tsukasa Hojo’s hit manga series City Hunter has been adapted into a number of different mediums around the world.

Now Netflix throws its hat into the ring, producing a new feature film starring Ryohei Suzuki ( Egoist ) as the eponymous action hero City Hunter.

Fans of the franchise will recognise a number of familiar elements, as the storyline details the origins of Ryo’s partnership with Kaori (Misato Morita) following the tragic fate of his previous colleague, Hideyuki (Masanobu Ando), while sending them on a new adventure.

Ryo and Hideyuki are hired to find Kurumi (Asuka Hanamura), a popular online cosplayer, but when they track her down they discover that she has been infected with a serum that sends her into a violent, super-powered frenzy.

During the melee, Hideyuki is inadvertently killed, and with his dying breath, begs his partner to watch over his adopted younger sister, Kaori.

Only too eager to get involved and find those responsible for her brother’s death, Kaori and Ryo team up, only for their investigation to uncover a sinister plot with far-reaching diabolical consequences.

The character of Ryo Saeba may be rather off-putting to modern audiences unfamiliar with the source material.

In addition to being a crack-shot marksman and accomplished detective, his primary motivation is to leer over young, buxom women who give him cause to scream “ Mokkori !” in exaggerated sexual ecstasy.

To label the character juvenile and inappropriate would be to dismiss the entire property outright.

He is who he is, a product of his time, and fortunately director Yuichi Sato ensures that everyone around him is appropriately disapproving of his behaviour, whenever it rears its head – which, admittedly, is a lot.

Suzuki goes all-in with his frenetic and physical performance, and audiences willing to embrace Ryo’s adolescent antics will find a commendably polished action adventure, brimming with slickly executed set pieces and broad, yet effective, humour.

Accessible and endlessly energetic, City Hunter should hit the target for fans and first-timers alike.

City Hunter will start streaming on Netflix on April 25.

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City Hunter – Netflix Review (2/5)

Posted by Karina "ScreamQueen" Adelgaard | Apr 25, 2024 | 3 minutes

CITY HUNTER on Netflix is a new movie from Japan. It’s a crazy genre hybrid that goes from silly to serious and then satirical in split seconds. It isn’t my thing, but others will surely love it. Read our City Hunter (2024) movie review here!

CITY HUNTER (2024) is a new Netflix movie from Japan (org. title: Shiti Hanta ). It’s based on a Manga and has already been made into a cartoon in the 1980s and a movie starring Jackie Chan in 1993. I’m sure there are lots of fans all over the world, who will love this Netflix movie.

Unfortunately, I am not one of them. It just doesn’t hit any of my sweet spots. I usually love genre hybrids, but this one has the Cowboy Bebop vibe that just did not work for me either. The runtime is just 1 hour and 42 minutes, which I did find was a good thing for the story covered.

Continue reading our  City Hunter movie review below. Find it on Netflix from April 25, 2024.

The first Japanese live-action adaption

I can understand why this has been a long-awaited adaption as the previously mentioned Jackie Chan movie (supposedly one of his own least favorite movies) was a Chinese live-action adaption. This Netflix movie is the first time the Manga is getting a Japanese live-action movie.

In  City Hunter , we meet Ryo Saeba. He is a top-class “sweeper” and we’re about to find out how he ends up working with Kaori Makimura. She’s the sister of his long-time partner, which isn’t something the original manga focused much on.

This alone should make for a great addition to the world of City Hunter for fans of the manga. It really does focus mainly on the story behind this partnership. Well, okay, and a case that has some sci-fi or supernatural (depending on how you look at it) elements as well.

“XYZ, please find my sister”

In this story, Ryo Saeba is working his “sweeper” magic (and sometimes doing a little dance in his briefs) in the underbelly of modern-day Shinjuku, Tokyo. He’s described as “balancing a cool demeanor with a fun personality” which is what I translate as him being very silly most of the time.

The movie opens with the message “XYZ, please find my sister” written on a message board. This leads to Ryo and his partner Hideyuki going out to search for Kurumi. She’s a famous cosplayer who has landed in serious trouble.

At the same time, we also become familiar with mysterious violent incidents taking place in Shinjuku. There are brutal scenes and a dark story at the heart of it all. I should love it, but it feels so superficial to me. It’s the style of it. It doesn’t resonate with me.

However, I absolutely want to acknowledge and respect that others will love it.

Watch  City Hunter (2024) on Netflix now!

This new Netflix movie from Japan (org. title: Shiti Hanta ) is the live-action adaptation of the legendary manga “City Hunter” by Tsukasa Hojo. The director is Yûichi Satô ( Kasane ) and the screenwriter is Tatsuro Mishima ( Yu yu hakusho , Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead ).

“Ryo Saeba” is played by Ryohei Suzuki, who has an impressive six-pack and would be a lot more charming to me, if the silliness was dialed down. However, I suspect fans of City Hunter wouldn’t recognize the character then.

Misato Morita portrays his future partner, and the cool heroine, “Kaori Makimura”. Finally, Masanobu Ando plays “Hideyuki Makimura” while Fumino Kimura co-stars as “Detective Saeko Nogami”.

Despite being a fan of horror-comedy and other genre hybrids, this one jumps between moods, styles, and genres at such a pace that I cannot give in to it. A shame really. Especially because I can see the intriguing story there.

City Hunter  (org. title: Shiti Hanta ) is on Netflix from April 25, 2024.

Director: Yuichi Satoh Screenplay: Tatsuro Mishima Cast: Ryohei Suzuki, Misato Morita, Masanobu Ando, Asuka Hanamura, Ayame Misaki, Moemi Katayama, Ami201, Tetta Sugimoto, Takaya Sakoda, and Fumino Kimura, Isao Hashizume

An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner’s sister to investigate his death.

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An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.

Ryohei Suzuki Misato Morita Masanobu Ando Fumino Kimura Asuka Hanamura Isao Hashizume Tetta Sugimoto Ayame Misaki Takaya Sakoda Moemi Katayama Ami201 Keita Arai Mafia Kajita Akira Kamiya Ken Kurahara

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Yuichi Satoh

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Keisuke Sanpei Kôsuke Oshida Masaaki Ito

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Tatsuro Mishima

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Review by Adam Putra ★★★½

So this is what it felt like to see John Wick , Deadpool and Wanted had a threesome. City Hunter is crazy fun. As a person who know nothing and even don't read the manga, the film adaptation is enjoyable to watch. They have some balls made this film in this era. As I've heard that the original manga used a lot of sexist jokes and sexual objectification to women. This live-action provides more action about a perverted detective who smart at kicking bad guys' ass and less at making sexist jokes, in order to make it easily-digestible to modern era. Stylish, few of great performances, and great action choreography. Love it or hate it, the film did the best to inject lots of fresh elements and few of amazing action sequences, and I found this pretty entertaining throughout. Gonna have to start reading the manga soon because this shit intrigues me.

Review by joshrowley ★★★

Amusing; entertaining; ridiculous; silly; uneven; well-choreographed.

Review by Aleheez ★★★★ 7

City Hunter will probably go down as the most underappreciated action comedy of 2024. It has some of the most dynamic shootouts and hand to hand action sequences I've seen all year, this guy could probably kick John Wick's ass fr. I recognize that narratively it's nothing great, but the characters are so fun and the bits are so over the top I just couldn't look away. Tonally it's insane, the shifts are unbelievable, it reminded me of the Yakuza games. Some of the humor is questionable but it got a laugh out of me, Ryo is a wild character, this is as cool as a gooner will ever get. This James Bond-esque parody is just right up my alley, extremely goofy and awesome at the same time. Maybe I'll check out the source material one day.

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Review by One Godfella 侍 ★★★

A bad hunter chases. A good hunter waits.

You don't throw away vintage mokkori VHS.

Review by Dr_Mafoony ★★★★★ 3

As an adaptation of Tsukasa Hojo’s CITY HUNTER manga/anime this is everything I could’ve ever wanted from a live action iteration. While there have been successful iterations before, this movie managed to balance both the irreverent, outrageous humor with the drama, character depth, and heart that made the series special. Just like in the source material, Ryo Saeba can be a total goofball with his womanizing ways yet change on a dime and lock in to be a total, serious bad ass. The music, visuals, and costume design all feel like the anime but at the same time don’t feel out of place or forced.

As an actual movie, this is easily one of the most fun experiences I’ve had…

Review by Deathy ★★★½ 2

Score : 7.4/10 ✅

Extremely fun. It's a great sleeper hit (on Netflix) and yes, you should watch it.

A meticulous marksman who loves improvising with a Plan B (or even C) swings trick shots like he’s an overqualified old-fashioned hero who’ll do anything to accommodate ladies with sexy cleavage. Luxuriously ridiculous.

Sharply well-detailed and fun to sit through, City Hunter is surprisingly delivering fun set pieces that are really unique. The cosplay show is principally the one I’m thinking of. It was entertaining as hell. Best moment during the film, I could see a lot of people loving this sequence.

I’m not familiar with the manga/anime but as a standalone film, City Hunter is more entertaining than you can imagine.

Review by William (SpaceTree Studios) ★★★★½

"He's like a pervert Aladdin"

Mokkori Bros. I do believe we've won Nails the balance between City Hunter's comedy and action. It never loses sight of what it's supposed to be, and will mix both elements together perfectly. It understands its source material and does a great job adapting it into live action. Ryohei Suzuki is perfect as Ryo, his voice is spot on and gets all the mannerisms down.

This isn't the first live action take on CH, there's the Jackie Chan film from the 90s which was....basically CH in name only. Then there was the 2010's French "Nicky Larson" adaptation which went for the Speed Racer/Popeye route of making it a cartoon but irl. Not everyone's bag but…

Review by DonnieDarko666 ★★★½ 3

Watched on Netflix.

The film is actually funny, has likeable characters, good action and a spectacular finale and of course it has MOKORRI BABES!!!

Hoping for a second part here.

Review by Comicbookfan ★★★½

One of the most fun films I've seen on netflix recently, over the top,knows its silly and has lots of funny moments. The action scenes are surprisingly amazing, a lot of care and hard work put into them and practical stunts used. The lead character is funny too, a horny character who goes crazy over ladies while on the hunt for badguys.

Review by Brandon Streussnig

What a lovely, hilarious delight. Gun + fight choreo is pretty tremendous. Found the way this realized anime aesthetics into live action to be so thrilling. That and its much appreciated earnestness kind of reminded me of Anno’s Cutie Honey adaptation, just not as singular. Always a sucker for the day being won through love alongside some surprisingly brutal violence. Had such a good time with this. The casting is especially unbelievable.

Review by DRK_92 ★★★★½

Hi my friends! I just saw the new adaptation of City Hunter by Netflix and overall I had a great time!

I'm still not an expert in the manga or anime but I found that it was a good adaptation of which i refound some elements that I already knew. The fighting scenes are really cool and well choreographed, Ryohei Suzuki was excellent as Ryo Saeba and as for the direction and photography, they were really good.  

Now, I had a little trouble with Laura and the actress who interpreted her except at the end of the film which I recognized the basic character well and I found it a shame that we exploit no more than that the…

Review by Yo_Roboto ★★★

From my limited experience with City Hunter as an intellectual property — which includes a sampling of the manga, the anime, and the cringe-pocalypse Jackie Chan adaptation — I understand the premise to essentially be... He's a sex pervert who solves crimes?

Sure, he's pitched as a “playboy private detective”, but in the manga, I think the first thing City Hunter does, canonically, is molest a client. In the anime, he's basically a Taz the Tasmanian Devil of sexual harassment, a Cookie Monster of non-consensual boob-touching. The same way Dexter is a serial killer who channels his instincts into hunting killers, City Hunter is like a subway groper who uses his powers for good. You would be shocked at how…

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‘City Hunter’ Review: Jaw-Dropping Action Sequences & Solid Performances Elevate An Otherwise Generic Film

If you are a chronically online person, you must’ve heard the phrase, “This movie or show couldn’t have been made now.” and usually they are talking about The Office or Blazing Saddles . There is this general idea that something that is a “product of its time” should never be reevaluated, and the world of entertainment is becoming less enjoyable with every passing second because everyone is becoming “woke.” Firstly, things like sexism, objectification, and misogyny were as bad back then as they are now. It’s just that there weren’t enough people to call it out. And secondly, if your comedy relies on demeaning a whole gender, then you are the one who needs to improve, not the rest of the world. With that in mind, I have to say that City Hunter is an obnoxious piece of art because its protagonist is an omega-level pervert. Yuchi Sato has tried to make him palatable, and, well, I guess he should get some points for trying.

Based on the manga by Tsukasa Hojo, City Hunter tells the story of Ryo Saeba and Hideyuki Makimura, a two-man team who take on various kinds of missions for the good of mankind and some money, I suppose. They are tasked with finding a girl called Kurumi. Ryo and Hideyuki come really close to getting the job done, but Kurumi suddenly displays her superpowers and exits the scene. She drops two vials filled with some kind of blue liquid that Hideyuki picks up with the aim of analyzing it later on. He doesn’t inform the police or Ryo about it and goes off to meet his stepsister, Kaori. Things go awry as another superpowered individual crashes into the Makimura birthday party and stabs Hideyuki to death. While Ryo seemingly goes back to his old ways, Kaori becomes determined to catch Kurumi and learn about the producers of the blue liquid, because that item is probably the reason behind her brother’s death.

Tatsuro Mishima’s script for City Hunter is pretty generic because it’s probably trying to do a bunch of things at the same time. He wants to comment on the insidious connections between law enforcement authorities, the beauty product industry, and the military industry, and brace yourselves, cosplay conventions. Since the source material is egregiously sexist, Mishima is clearly trying to make Ryo Saeba look like a functional human being while also appeasing the fans, who probably love the sleaze and the cringe of the manga. He is trying to make Kaori and Kurumi feel like three-dimensional women and not sentient sex toys. He is attempting to give Ryo and Kaori an emotional arc. In addition to all that, he is telling the story through the action set pieces. Hence, the plot beats end up feeling quite bland. Mishima definitely tries to balance out the blatant objectification by punishing Ryo for being a pervert, and making him protect a woman’s dignity. However, it’s sort of upended by some of the visual storytelling.

The opening scene of City Hunter has a first-person shot of Ryo looking at a woman’s cleavage. There’s even a digital zoom coupled with a sound effect to amplify the sexism. That’s followed by Ryo snooping on bikini-clad women. And while you can say that that’s done to put the audience in Ryo’s shoes, during the cosplay convention scene, the camera is placed in a way to get an upskirt shot of a cosplayer, and that’s not from anyone’s point of view. It’s just there to help the audience look at a girl’s underwear. After that, it doesn’t really matter how comedically Ryo stops ugly photographers from clicking awkward photos of Kurumi with his horse-crotch cosplay. The only thing that manages to wash away the bitter taste of all that perversion is the action. Yuichi Sato and his team hit the ground running with an audacious action sequence that’s been shot, edited, and performed to perfection. The fight sequence at the cosplay convention is genuinely jaw-dropping. Then, there’s the shootout during the concluding moments of the film that got my blood pumping. The use of environments, the music, and the kineticism—it all feels fresh and lively. And I can’t help but appreciate that.

In terms of performances, despite the flawed writing in City Hunter , it never seems that the cast isn’t giving it their all. Ryohei Suzuki is, as the kids nowadays say, locked in. From the first frame to the last, the man exudes this seedy kind of charm, which is offset by his efficiency during the action sequences. I mean, Suzuki looks really damn cool while shooting a gun, and he looks especially cool when he starts switching between guns and magazines like it’s a walk in the park. Misato Morita spends most of her screen time being scared and confused about what’s going on. But it’s the undercurrent of humanity that makes her relatable. Asuka Hanamura, despite being the lynchpin of the film, is severely underwritten. However, she ensures that you get a sense of the hopelessness and lack of direction that the youth are experiencing in a time where people can have millions of followers online and yet be totally alone in real life. Fumino Kimura has an incredible screen presence. Masanobu Ando is impactful, even though he doesn’t get a lot of screen time. The same can be said about Ayame Misaki. Moemi Katayama absolutely knocks it out of the park during her show-stopping action scene. Yasushi Ami delivers some solid punches. Takaya Sakoda is undeniably menacing. But, at the end of the day, all of them would have benefited from a better script.

Based on the trailers and the promotional material, I thought City Hunter was going to be a simple action-comedy. The action was satisfactory, but I guess I was blindsided by the fact that the comedy was so misogynistic in nature. Maybe if I was familiar with the source material, I would’ve been better prepared to tackle some of the film’s perverse stuff. I wouldn’t have excused it because that’s unethical. However, it’s possible that my reaction to the film’s unique brand of sleaze wouldn’t have been so visceral, thereby nearly derailing the whole viewing experience. I’m not saying that there’s no way to do a sexual action comedy in the 21st century. For starters, I think that the subgenre will benefit from the perspective of female directors, writers, and cinematographers. The writing needs to stop making women the subject of objectification. And, most importantly, the topic of voyeurism needs to have some level of self-awareness. Now, do I recommend giving City Hunter a watch? Well, I think the action is top-notch, so watch it for the action and ignore the rest.

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Ryo and Kaori Are Out For Revenge in the ending of ‘City Hunter’ on Netflix

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The ending of  City Hunter (2024) sees Ryo and Kaori avenge Makimura’s murder while blowing open the Angel Dust conspiracy. It’s a reluctant partnership, with the two learning to work together on the job.

After her brother’s death, Kaori is desperate for answers and wants to work with Ryo. But Ryo would rather she stayed far away from the world he inhabits. His day-to-day includes dangerous fights, visits to hostess bars, and more pornography than one human should consume in their lifetime. 

The Netflix movie is the first live-action adaptation of the  City Hunter  manga by Tsukasa Hojo , and despite its blatant misogyny, it isn’t without its charms, many of which are contained in the third act and climax detailed below.

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After the commotion at the Lore event, Saeko takes “Miss Sexy Melons” in for questioning. However, she and, excuse the pun, her melon explodes in the car on the way to the station. 

Kaori’s mistake of letting Kurumi go with Officer Ito for protection places the young cosplayer in the hands of the bad guys. Not to worry, the officer gets what’s coming to him when the bag containing his bribe explodes. These Union bad guys have a penchant for making things go boom. 

Why doesn’t Ryo Want to Work With Kaori?

At Ryo’s house, he’s still giving Kaori the silent treatment for not listening to him. When she starts beating herself up, Ryo tries to once again tell her to go home and leave this dangerous life behind. He then admits he’s been trying to discourage her from working with him because he’s trying to honor Makimura’s final request to keep her safe. 

But Kaori reveals she blames herself for being too scared to hold her brother when he died and that she’s always known they’re not blood-related. She vows to go after the people who killed Makimura and kidnapped Kurumi with or without Ryo’s aid. Instead, Ryo gives her a bulletproof vest and the two go out to avenge Makimuro together. 

What is the relationship between Union and Lore?

Poor Kurumi wakes up in a Lore laboratory and is greeted by the CEO herself who’s been involved in the Angel Dust experiments all along. But these Union people don’t play well with others. They must deem anyone without one of those nifty head-exploding devices as untrustworthy. Without a word, the Union member slits the CEO’s throat and kills everyone in the lab, aside from Kurumi, of course. 

Meanwhile, Ryo and Kaori are following the tracker he hid on Kurumi’s earrings. On the way, Ryo gets a call from the Old Man who has some interesting info about the mysterious Union Teopi organization. They’re a worldwide secret society from South America and they’ve been using Lore as a front for the Japanese dealings. Of course, Ryo is one step behind as we’ve already watched the Union sever its contract with Lore. 

Ryo and Kaori arrive at Lore headquarters

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The two arrive at Lore headquarters via a cool underground tunnel and find the aftermath of the massacre disturbing, to say the least. Upon going deeper into the facility, Ryo and Kaori are met by a small Union army. But the two work as a team and defeat the many armed bad guys. By team, I mean Ryo does the fighting and shooting while Kaori does the weapon passing. 

When the Union guy shows himself, he’s holding poor Kurumi hostage. The man does offer Ryo the chance to join his criminal organization, but our hero politely refuses. That’s when Black Bear, a substantially larger and stronger man on the Angel Dust, jumps out of his box. Ryo instructs Kaori to follow the Union member while he deals with the teddy bear. 

What happened to Kaori’s fathers?

As he’s waiting for his helicopter rescue with Kurumi, the Union guy taunts Kaori with her origin tale. Kaori’s biological father was a Union employee forced to become an Angel Dust test subject when he tried to leave. A police officer shot him in self-defense while he went into a rage. That officer was Kaori’s adopted father. 

Thankfully, Ryo shows up in time to incapacitate the man and rescue Kurumi. When the union chopper finally arrives, they leave their employee behind. Kaori points a gun at him as she wants revenge for the family she lost, but can’t bring herself to pull the trigger. Thankfully, the man is a Union employee and they do make his head go boom.

By the time Saeko and the rest of the police force pry their way into the building, they’ve missed all the action. 

Hammer Time

A few days after saving Kurumi and defeating the bad guy, Kaori visits her brother’s grave to pay her respects. We also learn that Kurumi resumed her career and is doing very well for herself. 

When Ryo wakes up from his peaceful slumber, he’s less than pleased to find Kaori vacuuming his apartment. Not only that, but she also got rid of his collection of “babes” and plans on moving in. She pulls out the iconic giant hammer and starts following the lovable perv around the apartment with it. 

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‘City Hunter’: Netflix Whiffs Yet Another Live-Action Manga Adaptation

ENOUGH ALREADY

The Netflix film starring Ryohei Suzuki may be live action, but it can’t escape a cartoonishness that makes the whole thing a mess.

Jesse Hassenger

Mainstream animation from the U.S. and Japan may be far apart in sensibility, style, and intended audience, but cartoons from both countries do share one major piece of common ground: the vast difficulty of translating them into live action. Whether softening the artistry of Disney classics for ill-advised blockbuster remakes or attempting to maintain the quirks of a long-running manga adaptation like One Piece for Netflix, there’s an even-when-they-win-they-lose quality to the most notable successes. The would-be franchise-starter City Hunter , Netflix’s latest crack at fleshing out an animated phenom, shares that quixotic feeling, even if it isn’t an awkward Americanization like the streamer's Cowboy Bebop redo.

Technically, City Hunter —like a lot of famous anime properties—originates from a manga, and the source material seems pretty flexible, having inspired multiple anime series, several animated features, a live-action adaptation from Hong Kong starring Jackie Chan, and a live-action TV drama from Korea, among others. But the movie is, in its soul, a cartoon brought to life, for better or worse.

That’s evident from the jump, as its extended pre-credits opening follows private detective Ryo Saeba (Ryohei Suzuki) and his partner Hideyuki Makimur (Masanobu Andô) chasing a young woman through the streets of Tokyo, attempting to save her. Director Yūichi Satō gives this chase sequence a weightless quality even before the woman’s face bulges with alien-looking veins and she leaps away like a superhuman. None of the action is especially convincing, but it is pleasingly breezy, and the cartooniness extends to the trench-coated characters: Hideyuki is positioned as the straight man, while Ryo maintains nearly wolf-whistling levels of libido.

Shortly thereafter, the movie makes a pivot that’s equally clever and jarring, setting up the source material’s basic premise: Hideyuki is abruptly murdered, and a new odd-couple dynamic is swapped in. Ryo reluctantly takes on Hideyuki’s adopted sister Kaori (Misato Morita) as his partner as they track down the purveyors of a mysterious substance that gives users enhanced strength but denies them their free will, and eventually destroys them.

A photo still from City Hunter

The plotting of this conspiracy is so murky that it infects even seemingly straightforward scenes: Hideyuki’s murder, for example, is staged with spatial confusion and strangely protracted action—the kind of off-rhythm editing that animation might have saved through sheer graphic memorability. In live action, it’s harder to salvage a prolonged close-up of an actor’s face where it’s unclear whether she can even see a stabbing happening mere feet away from her. (Later, a one-off cutaway to actual animation underlines this point further.)

City Hunter alternates middling-to-incompetent scenes of sci-fi conspiracy grimness with sequences like the one where Ryo and Kaori stake out a cosplay convention and Ryo keeps bugging his eyes out at all the cleavage on display. This is also the occasion for a winking homage to the original material, where Kaori apparently wields a giant hammer to curb Ryo’s horniest impulses; here, the hammer makes an appearance as an outsized cosplay prop, rather than a fixture of Kaori’s repertoire. (She still manages to hold her own in the action sequences, though chauvinism dictates that Ryo does the heavy lifting, which is to say shooting.)

Despite or possibly because of Ryo’s throwback mixture of Sam Spade and Benny Hill, the Suzuki/Morita duo makes for an enormously appealing investigative engine, with the kind of knockabout energy that probably helps to justify a live-action remake to begin with. Together, they have a way of humanizing the movie’s most outlandish (and sometimes chintzy-looking) action beats: gun-tossing, impossible marksmanship, overpowered mini-boss henchmen.

It’s the hidden revelations, anguished cries, and ruminations on the possible futility of revenge that give the performers, and especially the movie, a little more trouble. Maybe the melodramatic bits played better in animated form or on the page. Regardless, this version of City Hunter never quite reconciles them with its goofiness, and in its more serious moments, its animation-as-live-action aesthetic starts to look limiting, rather than oddly freeing. The movie wants to somehow wield its giant cartoon hammer and hide it, too.

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City Hunter Netflix Review: Thrill, Comedy and a Taste of Nostalgia

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Since its debut in 1985, Tsukasa Hojo’s iconic manga series City Hunter has spawned several translations throughout the world. Ryo Saeba’s adventures have been immortalized in a long-running anime, animated feature films, a 2011 Korean drama series, and even a French live-action movie. Netflix has joined the race with a new feature film starring Ryohei Suzuki as the ultimate action hero.

Ryo Saeba (played by Ryohei Suzuki) is an expert marksman and investigator. His main motivation? Leering over youthful, buxom ladies, he exclaims Mokkori! in exaggerated excitement. Yes, he’s a product of his time, and current viewers may find his actions offensive. Fortunately, director Yuichi Sato assures that everyone around him disapproves whenever his shenanigans surface—which is rather often.

The plot begins with Ryo and his late partner’s sister, Kaori (Misato Morita), collaborating to investigate her brother’s death. Their aim is to discover Kurumi (Asuka Hanamura), a prominent internet cosplayer who has been afflicted with a serum that transforms her into a violent, super-powered force. Among the pandemonium, Hideyuki (Masanobu Ando), Ryo’s old coworker, meets an untimely death. His dying wish? Ryo should safeguard Kaori.

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Ryo and Kaori discover a dark conspiracy with far-reaching effects. The video chronicles their adrenaline-fueled journey through the streets of Shinjuku, where they receive cases via a message board, generally involving assisting young ladies in danger.

Suzuki goes all out in his frantic and muscular portrayal of Ryo. Audiences ready to accept Ryo’s juvenile pranks will love the well-polished action sequences and great comedy. City Hunter offers thrills, comedy, and a taste of nostalgia. Fans of the original manga and anime should try it for themselves.

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 Story: Ryo Saeba and his partner, Kaori, confront a biotech firm wielding a dangerous invention: a technology capable of transforming nanomachines into super soldiers.

Review: As the second installment in the 'City Hunter' franchise, ‘City Hunter the Movie – Angel Dust’ masterfully delves into Ryo Saeba's past and the enigma surrounding Angel Dust. Despite the last book being written nearly 25 years ago, the film seamlessly adapts to modern sensibilities, incorporating elements like gender-swapped characters, giving a fresh feel to the plot. This anime successfully maintains the essence of the ‘City Hunter’ series, blending action and humour in equal measure.

The anime kicks off with Ryo Saeba and his partner Kaori tasked with finding a runaway cat by a video creator. In this edition, Ryo and Kaori, still entrenched in their underground private detective agency, face off against a biotech corporation whose creation can transform nanomachines into powerful soldiers. The film also delves into the past, addressing the death of Ryo's former partner, Hideyuki Makimura.

This film encapsulates all of Ryo's distinctive traits, from his penchant for taking on jobs only when a beautiful woman is involved to his unwavering preference for the Colt Python as his weapon of choice, adding to the anime’s appeal. Throughout the movie, nods to the original TV series are evident, with certain scenes included as a homage. The comedic moments will undoubtedly elicit laughter, especially Kaori's amusing attempts to reprimand Ryo for his womanising tendencies. Yet, it's the hand-to-hand combat sequences that truly stand out, exuding a coolness factor that remains a highlight. Even the exaggerated scene where Kaori wields a massive hammer in frustration and strikes Ryo, while over-the-top, delivers a comedic punch.

Adapted from Tsukasa Hojo’s renowned work, this film features yet another hit song from TM Network, the iconic performers behind the classic 'Get Wild,' a staple of the original series. While maintaining a structure similar to its predecessor, director Kenji Kodama infuses fresh elements throughout, resulting in an enjoyable viewing experience. The animation quality is exceptional, with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring even newcomers to the ‘City Hunter’ universe can easily follow along. Beyond daredevil action sequences, the film interweaves compelling drama, particularly evident in the dynamics between Ryo and Kaori. Cameos by Cat’s Eye and Lupin III characters further enrich the storyline, promising entertainment for fans and newcomers alike. This anime offers a well-crafted plot and stellar animation, ensuring a delightful viewing experience.

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City Hunter is one of the most popular mangas from the 80s. The manga has seen adaptation across anime and live-action ventures. City Hunter follows Ryo Saeba aka City Hunter, a proficient detective but a sleazy man. He goes around Japan solving crimes and helping the police department. His expertise as an assassin also brings along his pervert ways. The manga has spawned into several anime and live action adaptations. Come 2024, we have a new live-action Japanese film based on the characters which have been loved and also critiqued over the years.

The 2024 version of City Hunter stars Ryohei Suzuki in the titular lead Ryo Saeba aka City Hunter. He is joined by Misato Morita as Kaori Makimura. The movie follows Ryo and Kaori as they avenge Hideyuki. Hideyuki was Ryo’s loyal friend and colleague as well as Kaori’s brother. His death was a murder. He was killed by a hidden but powerful organization after Ryo and him got closer to uncovering a secret and illegal project of creating superhumans. The movie premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024.

The movie is just under two hours and packs quite an entertainment factor, if one can let go of the perverted scenes that is. In the original work, Ryo Saeba is a Grade A sleazeball and pervert. He does not take up any case if there are no appealing women involved. The original and a few adaptations featured quite a few explicit scenes which would not sit well audience of today. It was wrong even then, but a mature dialogue around these things was absent.

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The Netflix adaptation sticks to the original character where Ryo Saeba is a playboy who is unabashed about his attraction towards physically attractive women. There was a forward change in the character with no off-handed comments on any sexuality, gender, identity. But even then the objectification of women was ever so present. The movie also displays the night markets of modern day Tokyo where women are still marketed as sexual objects to fulfil men’s fantasies. It is a sad truth we all have to live with.

City Hunter’s cartoon-like dialogue delivery and behaviour add a comic angle to the character. One cannot comment much on the character growth or arc here. The characters are pretty straight forward, with more or less predictable tendencies. Perhaps it was the physical lack of an antagonist. We know that Ryo is against an organization with its roots in Central America, but there was not one challenging character to manipulate Ryo’s techniques.

All we saw was a few low-ranking men and a hoard of soldiers attempting to thwart Ryo and Kaori’s attempts. The only saving grace was the lady who had initially approached Ryo under a fake identity to find a young girl named Kurumi. The fight between her and Ryo was the closest we came to Ryo actually fighting off an antagonist.

It is a decently pace piece for a movie which serves as an introduction film. The slow-motion scenes are well timed and add to the viewers’ engagement in the scene. It is always a challenge to translate from pen to stylus but the makers of City Hunter have done a good job when it comes to catching the nuances of the original and embedding it in the latest settings.

If one can manage to it through the tantalizing shots of exposed flesh, then City Hunter is not so bad to invest time in. It chalks up to a decent comedy action film with enough intrigue to keep the audience engaged. It sits in line with those cult classic films featuring a mystery engaging enough to get the thinking wheels turning.

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Will there be a sequel for City Hunter?

At the time of this writing, there has been no official news from Netflix about a sequel for City Hunter. Considering the movie’s rising popularity, Netflix might give a green signal for the next story. The movie concluded with an open ending where we see that Ryo and Kaori manage to save Kurumi and find the truth behind Hideyuki’s murder. But we do not know who is the brains behind the organization running these illegal scientific experiments on humans. This movie serves as a good premise for a broader story, if there ever was to be one. One can sure hope there will be a sequel for City Hunter, perhaps with less sleaziness and more comedy.

JAL gives City Hunter 6 out of 10 stars. What are your thoughts on City Hunter? Tell us in the comments below!

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