Movie
Violent Cop
Overview
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-08-12
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bandaï Media Department, Shochiku-Fuji Company
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Azuma Ryosuke
- Maiko Kawakami as Akari Ryosuke
- Makoto Ashikawa as Kikuchi
- Shiro Sano as Yoshinari
- Sei Hiraizumi as Iwaki
- Mikiko Otonashi as Iwaki's Wife
- Hakuryu as Kiyohiro
- Ittoku Kishibe as Nito
- Ken Yoshizawa as Shinkai
- Nobuyuki Katsube as Deputy Police Chief Higuchi
- Noboru Hamada as Chief Detective Araki
- Yuuki Kawai as Detective Honma
Crew
- Takeshi Kitano - Director
- Hisashi Nozawa - Writer
- Takeshi Kitano - Writer
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