Violent Cop
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| Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Written by | Hisashi Nozawa Takeshi Kitano (uncredited) |
| Starring | Beat Takeshi |
| Music by | Daisaku Kume |
| Cinematography | Yasushi Sasakibara |
| Editing by | Nobutake Kamiya |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) |  August 12, 1989 |
| Running time | 103 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.
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[edit] Synopsis
Kitano plays sociopathic detective Azuma, a Dirty Harry-type whose single-mindedness leads him to self-destruction. After the suicide of his friend and colleague Iwaki (a vice cop who was involved with drugs), 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Reception
The movie was a moderate financial success in Japan, and also did moderately well in limited release internationally.[citation needed]
[edit] Soundtrack
The piano theme heard several times during the movie is Erik Satie's Gnossienne No.1.
[edit] External links
- Violent Cop at the Internet Movie Database
- Violent Cop at AllRovi
- (Japanese) Violent Cop at the Japanese Movie Database
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