Violent Cop
1989 Japanese film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 1989 film directed by Takeshi Kitano. For Hong Kong films of the same name, see List of Hong Kong films of 2000.
Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき, Sono Otoko Kyōbō Ni Tsuki, lit. 'That Man, Being Violent') is a 1989 Japanese neo-noir action thriller film directed by Takeshi Kitano, written by Kitano and Hisashi Nozawa, and starring Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Hakuryu, Ken Yoshizawa, and Ittoku Kishibe.[1] It follows Azuma, a Japanese police detective known for his rough and unprofessional conduct, after he is assigned to investigate drug trafficking by the yakuza. It was Kitano's directorial debut, and marked the beginning of his career as a filmmaker.[2]
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Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
Written by | Hisashi Nozawa[lower-alpha 1] |
Produced by | Shōzō Ichiyama Toshio Nabeshima Takio Yoshida |
Starring | Takeshi Kitano |
Cinematography | Yasushi Sasakibara |
Edited by | Nobutake Kamiya |
Music by | Daisaku Kume |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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