Violent Cop

Name: Violent Cop
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Released: 1989-01-01

1989 film by Takeshi Kitano

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Released: 1989
, August 12, 1989
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0098360/releaseinfoRetrieved 2022-04-20
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Director: Takeshi Kitano
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0098360/Retrieved 2016-07-08
2.ofdb.de/film/916,Violent-CopRetrieved 2016-07-08
3.filmaffinity.com/en/film501980.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-08
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Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano
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1.ofdb.de/film/916,Violent-CopRetrieved 2016-07-08
2.imdb.com/title/tt0098360/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-08
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, Shirō Sano
, Hakuryu
, Maiko Kawakami
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1.ofdb.de/film/916,Violent-CopRetrieved 2016-07-08
2.filmaffinity.com/en/film501980.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-08
3.imdb.com/title/tt0098360/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-08
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Runtime: 98 min
Genre: thriller film
, action film
, drama film
Country of origin: Japan
Original language: Japanese

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Violent Cop 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. 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. Takeshi Kitano rewrote most of the film's original screenplay by Hisashi Nozawa.

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Website: office-kitano.co.jp/contents/MOVIE/WORK/first.html
Title: その男、凶暴につき
FSK film rating: FSK 18
Color: color
Filmiroda rating: Category IV rating certificate id: F/4099/J
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CNC film rating (France): no minors under sixteen
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 83%(November 19, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 6 critic review
7.8/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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EIRIN film rating: G rating certificate id: 112957

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