JOKER: Marginal City
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51% Critic Match

JOKER: Marginal City

5.1 / 10 1992 45mNR Japanese
MysteryAnimationScience Fiction

Storyline

Joker is a cyborg who has superior strength, can absorb the DNA of any person by touch and regrow its body or part of it at will (hence Joker can be a male or a female). Joker belongs to a special troop of law enforcement: as cop, judge and executioner at the same time. Along with his/her lover, a police officer, they have dealt against criminals of every type.

Cast & Crew

Michie Tomizawa

Michie Tomizawa

Joker (Female)

Lead
Show Hayami

Show Hayami

Joker (Male)

Ikuya Sawaki

Ikuya Sawaki

Barley

Yasunori Matsumoto

Yasunori Matsumoto

Rikudou Rin

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Osamu Yamasaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. JOKER: Marginal City is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker