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12 August 1989 (Japan)
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Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results...
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3 wins
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Masterful exploration of nihilistic violence
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Takeshi Kitano | ... | Azuma (as Beat Takeshi) | |
| Maiko Kawakami | ... | Akari | |
| Makoto Ashikawa | ... | Kikuchi | |
| Shirô Sano | ... | Yoshinari | |
| Sei Hiraizumi | ... | Iwaki (as Shigeru Hiraizumi) | |
| Mikiko Otonashi | ... | Iwaki's Wife | |
| Hakuryu | ... | Kiyohiro | |
| Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Nito | |
| Ken Yoshizawa | ... | Shinkai | |
| Hiroyuki Katsube | ... | Deputy Police Chief Higuchi | |
| Noboru Hamada | ... | Chief Detective Araki | |
| Yuuki Kawai | ... | Detective Honma | |
| Ritsuko Amano | ... | Honma's Fiancee | |
| Tarô Ishida | ... | Detective Tashiro | |
| Katsuki Muramatsu | ... | Deputy Commissioner Anan |
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103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R18 |
Australia:R (DVD rating) |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Italy:VM14 |
Sweden:15 (uncut DVD version) |
Sweden:15 (1992, cut) |
Hong Kong:III |
Norway:15 |
Poland:15 |
South Africa:16 |
Denmark:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Peru:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Israel:18 |
Mexico:C |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Czech Republic:15 |
Hungary:16 |
Malaysia:18PL |
Portugal:M/16 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Germany:18 |
Norway:18 (alternate rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
West Germany:18 |
Australia:MA
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The original script was a comedy. Kitano was then very concerned about the audience recognizing his acting skills and he didn't feel that a comedy would allow him to act nor allow the audience to abstract from his comic TV personality. So he rewrote the script, removed all comedy and turned it into a drama.
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[Azuma is a policeman]
Bar Hostess: So what's your line of work?
Azuma: We sell guns by mail-order.
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Bar Hostess: So what's your line of work?
Azuma: We sell guns by mail-order.
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Gnossienne No.1
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A shallow description would refer to this as a Japanese version of Dirty Harry. And it does bear some resemblance to that film, but while Dirty Harry broke the rules in order to get a criminal at any cost, Kitano's character Azuma seems to seek vengeance due not only to his lust for revenge but because he's psychotic. There's a sense that Azuma won't rest until he gets his man not out of duty but out of madness. Kitano gives what might be his best performance in this film; he is absolutely riveting. And the film itself is beautifully shot, and the score is especially good. But the best part of this is perhaps the end - the film ends on a perfectly cynical note that couldn't be topped. Seek this out.