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Sono otoko kyobo ni tsuki = Violent cop / Bandai Visual Co. Ltd. ; Shochiku-Fuji Co. ; produced by Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; screenplay by Hisashi Nozawa ; directed by Takeshi Kitano.
LIBRA DVD 026 275
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Japan--Drama.
- Police.
- Police corruption--Japan--Drama.
- Police corruption.
- Drug traffic--Japan--Drama.
- Drug traffic.
- Police brutality--Japan--Drama.
- Police brutality.
- Yakuza--Drama.
- Yakuza.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Police films.
- Gangster films.
- Feature films.
- Crime films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Action and adventure films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Letterbox.
- Other Title:
- Violent cop
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Fox Lorber FIlms : Distributed by WinStar TV & Video, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- Summary:
- Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague, Iwaki is supplying drugs from within the police force. After Iwaki is murdered and Azuma's sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice.
- Participant:
- "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Ittoku Kishibe, Mikiko Otonashi, Takeshi Hiraizumi, Shiro Sano, Maiko Kawakami, Hakuryu.
- Credits:
- Photography, Yasushi Sasakibara ; music, Daisaku Kume ; director, Takeshi Kitano.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion piicture in 1989.
- "Shochiku presents a Winstar Cinema release of a Bandai Visual and Shochiku-Fuji production"--Container.
- Special features: filmographies, production credits, original Japanese trailer.
- ISBN:
- 1572526203
- 9781572526204
- 157252670X
- 9781572526709
- OCLC:
- 48041032
- Publisher Number:
- 720917514628
- FLV5146 Fox Lorber Films
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