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Plot Summary:
A beautiful pianist comes to Tokyo for a charity concert - and City Hunter is there. But music isn't his forte. He wants lessons in the language of love. Desperation is the word as bodies start dropping. A foreign dignitary is assassinated in cold blood. Secret agents scour the streets for a missing microchip. And diplomatic infighting swirls around the upcoming concert until Nina the pianist and her grandfather Klaus are kidnapped. A maelstrom of exploding grenades, the rumble of Falcon's jeep, and the tinkling of the ivories all set the stage for City Hunter: . 357 Magnum. The show must go on!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 397
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 337
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IMDB Votes: 114
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 216
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IMDB Votes: 375
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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