Violent Cop

Name: Violent Cop
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama
Released: 1989-08-12
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirō Sano, Sei Hiraizumi

その男、凶暴につき (1989)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Release date

1989-08-12

Country

Japan

Production

Shochiku-Fuji Company, Bandaï Media Department

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Takeshi Kitano

Actors

Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirō Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu, Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Yoshizawa, Nobuyuki Katsube
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Scenario

Takeshi Kitano, Hisashi Nozawa

Producer

Takio Yoshida, Hisao Nabeshima, Shozo Ichiyama, Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Operator

Yasushi Sasakibara

Composer

Daisaku Kume

Artist

Audition

Editing

Nobutake Kamiya
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Short description

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.

What's left behind the scenes

Takeshi Kitano became the director of this film by accident. In 1989, Kitano was cast in the film for the lead role of an unbalanced policeman. When the director fell ill and was unable to continue working on the film, Kitano managed to finish the picture himself, significantly changing the script and the way the material was presented in the process. The film was successful and marked the beginning of Kitano’s directing career. Kitano subsequently often recalled this momentous event (the director’s illness), as it is practically impossible to start a directing career in Japan without a specialized cinematic education.