After being put on indefinite leave by his chief of police uncle, the highly intelligent and arrogant huntsman spider Inspector Sun boards a San Francisco bound seaplane. Joined by an intrepid young fan, Sun is pulled into a murder case where the turnout could affect both the insect and human worlds.
Production
Gorgeously detailed 1930s insect world production design
Writing
Surprisingly sharp mystery plotting for a family film
Director
Julio Soto Gurpide
Fernando Cabrera
Inspector Sun (voz)
Andrea Villaverde
Janey (voz)
Catherina Martínez
Isabella (voz)
Ana Jiménez
Hormiga Reina (voz)
Txema Moscoso
Escarabeo (voz)
Vicente Gil
Bugsy Spindelthorp (voz)
Jesús Barreda
Comandante Skelt (voz)
Pedro Tena Ramos
Langosta Roja (voz)
María Luisa Marciel
Carol (voz)
Isabel Donate
Vatchú (voz)
Juan Rueda
Gill Tea (voz)
Ghia Burns
Ants (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film spent six years in production and was originally titled 'Inspector Sun and the Shadow of the Black Widow' before a last-minute change.
Its 1930s Shanghai-to-San Francisco setting deliberately echoes early Chinese-American immigration history, though the film frustratingly never fully commits to this allegory.
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