Violent Cop
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- Movie: Violent Cop
- Romaji: Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki
- Japanese: その男、凶暴につき
- Director: Takeshi Kitano
- Writer: Hisashi Nozawa
- Producer:
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- Release Date: August 12, 1989
- Runtime: 103 min
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
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VIOLENT COP is the explosive and critically acclaimed directorial debut from Japanese master film maker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Azuma- a vicious detective who deals out harsh justice with an iron fist- Dirty Harry style. Investigating a drug dealer's murder, Azuma and rookie detective Kikuchi find fellow officers are on the take. When Azuma is caught for beating a gangster he is forced to quit the force. After the gang kidnaps his sister as retribution, Azuma goes on a merciless rampage of revenge. With Kitano's Zen like direction VIOLENT COP is a stylish, smart and skull shattering reinvention of the Japanese Yakuza genre.
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- Takeshi Kitano - Azuma
- Maiko Kawakami - Akari
- Makoto Ashikawa - Kikuchi
- Shirô Sano - Yoshinari
- Sei Hiraizumi - Iwaki
- Mikiko Otonashi - Iwaki's Wife
- Hakuryu - Kiyohiro
- Ittoku Kishibe - Nito
- Ken Yoshizawa - Shinkai
- Hiroyuki Katsube - Deputy Police Chief Higuchi
- Noboru Hamada - Chief Detective Araki
- Yuuki Kawai - Detective Honma
- Ritsuko Amano - Honma's Fiancee
- Tarô Ishida - Detective Tashiro
- Katsuki Muramatsu - Deputy Commissioner Anan
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