Directed by:
Takeshi KitanoScreenplay:
Hisashi NozawaCinematography:
Yasushi SasakibaraComposer:
久米大作Cast:
Takeshi Kitano, Makoto Ashikawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Susumu Terajima, Maiko Kawakami, Ken'ichi Endō, Kazuyoshi Ozawa, Shiro Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Hakuryū, かつべひろゆき (more)Plots(1)
Azuma is a cop who plays by his own rules: He batters suspects, beats confessions from criminals, and plants evidence. He's a vigilante force the department quietly supports as long as he gets results, but when a volatile drug case results in the death of a colleague, the hair-trigger cop goes rogue as he matches wits with an equally impulsive assassin. Kitano's big teddy bear eyes and soft features maintain a calm, almost bemused expression even in his most violent moments: a Zen "Dirty" Harry with a deadpan sense of humor. For a first-time director, Kitano displays astonishing cinematic control, creating a style of long takes and serene tranquility shattered by startling explosions of gunfire and abrupt blows. It's a violent world in which adolescents attack beggars and grade-school kids pelt bystanders with garbage and insults, but Kitano also shows a tender, caring side ultimately swallowed by the unleashed anger. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Takeshi Kitano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269995_1f6f7b.jpg)
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
![Makoto Ashikawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120152_6f04d0.jpg)
Makoto Ashikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Kids Return (1996)
![Ittoku Kishibe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273980_c9a091.jpg)
Ittoku Kishibe
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
![Susumu Terajima](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/910/166910184_778b74.jpg)
Susumu Terajima
Japan
Best movies:
Nobody Knows (2004)
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Fireworks (1997)
Maiko Kawakami
Sweden
Best movies:
By Player (2000)
Violent Cop (1989)
Postcard (2010)
![Ken'ichi Endō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/768/166768999_e6a70d.jpg)
Ken'ichi Endō
Japan
Best movies:
Nobody Knows (2004)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Crows-Zero (2007)
![Kazuyoshi Ozawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469148_e7667f.jpg)
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
Violent Cop (1989)
Gozu (2003)
Cream Lemon (2004)
![Shiro Sano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/559/167559379_9ay1ko.jpg)
Shiro Sano
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
![Sei Hiraizumi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/014/169014412_f3d6ed.jpg)
Sei Hiraizumi
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Hakuryū
Japan
Best movies:
Mr. Sunshine (2018) (series)
Fireworks (1997)
Under the Open Sky (2020)
かつべひろゆき
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Violent Cop (1989)
![吉澤健](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/701/163701646_956cce.jpg)
吉澤健
Japan
Best movies:
Violent Cop (1989)
Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)