Violent Cop

Infobox Film
name = Violent Cop
caption = original theatrical poster
director = Takeshi Kitano
producer =
writer = Hisashi Nozawa
Takeshi Kitano (uncredited)
starring = Beat Takeshi
music = Daisaku Kume
cinematography = Yasushi Sasakibara
editing = Nobutake Kamiya
distributor = Shochiku
released = flagicon|Japan August 12, 1989
runtime = 103 min
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
amg_id = 1:163050
imdb_id = 0098360nihongo|"Violent Cop"|その男、凶暴につき|"Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki"|Lit. 'That man, being violent' is a 1989 Japanese film directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. It was Kitano's directorial debut, and marked the beginning of his career as a filmmaker.

ynopsis

Kitano plays sociopathic detective Azuma, a "Dirty Harry"-type whose single-mindedness leads him to self-destruction. After the death of his friend and colleague Iwaki, and the kidnapping of his sister by yakuza gangsters, Azuma breaks all the rules of ethical conduct. He responds to every situation with violence, and resorts to unethical methods if they produce results.

Production

Although Kinji Fukasaku was the film's original director, he stepped down upon falling ill. Kitano took over the position of director. The screenplay was originally written by Hisashi Nozawa, but upon taking over as director Kitano rewrote the script heavily. Despite his contributions to the screenplay, he was left uncredited as a contributing writer.

The film was originally meant to be a comedy but Kitano wanted to try being a serious actor, therefore he made the movie into a police drama.

Reception

The movie was a financial and critical success in Japan, and also did well in limited release internationally.

External links

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* " [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1989/dm001900.htm Violent Cop] " at the Japanese Movie Database