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Violent Cop

Takeshi Kitano (Actor, Director) Format: Blu-ray
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
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In his explosive directorial debut Japanese renaissance man-cum-comedian-extraordinaire Takeshi â?oBeatâ? Kitano plays vicious rogue homicide Detective Azuma who takes on a sadistic crime syndicate only to discover widespread internal corruption in the police force. Facing criminal charges for his unorthodox â?oDirty Harryâ? type methods, Azuma finds himself caught in a web of betrayal and intrigue that sends him on a bloody trail of vengeance. But when his sister is kidnapped by a sadistic drug lord, Azuma's tactics escalate towards an apocalyptic climax

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WINNER - Best Director - Yokohama Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Taormina Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival ---

[F]or fans of unsentimental police action rooted in commentary on a society, Violent Cop packs a punch. - Lawrence van Gelder, The New York Times

Exhilarating.... --Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

...Takeshi displays an eye for unique, viscerally affecting ways to stage action scenes. --Keith Phipps, The A.V. Club

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 42926733
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Takeshi Kitano
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 43 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 11, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Takeshi Kitano
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Film Movement
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01K37H0JI
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 121 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
121 global ratings
"Unforgiving cop drama"
5 Stars
"Unforgiving cop drama"
"“Violent Cop” offers no sympathy, but provides an abundance of rich, dedicated filmmaking in a raw format that seems almost archaic in the present. Film Movement and “Violent Cop” go hand-in-hand, a foreign yakuza melodrama that saw the beginning stages of rebirth in the last days of a struggling Japanese cinema market and Kitano’s face is at the forefront of that movement."More of this review here:[...]
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Davy Dissonance
5.0 out of 5 stars The picture quality and audio is pristine and wonderful. And
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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Blu-Ray 5/5: Throw away that cruddy, $#!++Y Fox Lorber version (whatever it was called) because this is THE VERSION you want. The picture quality and audio is pristine and wonderful. And, yes, art cover sucks, BLAH BLAH BLAH!! WHO CARES!!?! Douche! This Blu Ray comes with a featurette and a booklet. It's in 1:85 widescreen and so forth.

Movie 5/5: This a police drama dark comedy action movie that has humorous violence, stiff acting and a story or some sorts. I, as usual, enjoyed Takeshi Kitano screen presence and his comedic sociopathic attitude and some of the left-field elements of the film. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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Great blu-ray transfer of an early nineties cop thriller based in Tokyo.
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Frederick August Miles III
5.0 out of 5 stars A sought after Beat Takashi film.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2017
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I am waiting for Sonatine to become available on Blu-ray. This is a great change for Beat Takashi, being a Detective instead of a Mob guy. Hanbi/ Fireworks is an Detective film that's even better in story telling.
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perlbuilder
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
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A decent generally entertaining Japanese movie. The ending was a bit off the wall.
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Jada
5.0 out of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this movie
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017
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Beat Takeshi can do no wrong in my eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
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Chris Cousins
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a movie Hollywood will never remake
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016
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Brutal, but crazy good. Think Bad Lieutenant but better. Great cinematography and acting.
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Joe Fitzgerald
4.0 out of 5 stars Blue red cop
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017
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A bit unrealistic but well acted tough cop. A new view of Japan.
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Brendan Reddy
1.0 out of 5 stars Do they not want people to buy it at all??
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016
Great film and I'd love a blu Ray copy but there's 0% of me spending that kind of money for such disgustingly terrible artwork
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M Waddington
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant film, but DON'T buy the Tokyo Bullet version!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2015
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I loved this movie. Violent, bleak, blackly humourous in parts. Classic Kitano. However, I can only post these views after buying the Second Sight version of this film (2009). That version is full screen widescreen and has a wonderful documentary special feature "Takeshi Kitano: The Unpredictable", which features an extended interview with Kitano filmed over a series of days. Most importantly though, the Second Sight version of this DVD has COMPLETE subtitles. The Tokyo Bullet version (1998) of this movie on the other hand has an image with a big black border all the way around it, no documentary special feature and the subtitles are TERRIBLE. Not only are there big chinks of subtitles missing, but the words that are there, when compared to the Second Sight release, don't seem to come close to being a true representation of what is being said (I don't speak Japanese obviously so I can't be certain, but the story makes a lot more sense in the Second Sight version).
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Dennis B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Alles super!
Reviewed in Germany on December 27, 2014
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Super Shop! Alles super geklappt!! Kam pünktlich an!!
Wer auf Filme von Takeshi Kitano steht wird auch den "Violent Cop" mögen!
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Mr F
5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese cinema
Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2012
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Before Battle Royal there was Ichi the Killer , before Ichi there was Violent Cop . Beat Takeshi's directorial debut shocked most of his fans but the film shows us a different side of the popular actor , musician and comedian . Just as the name suggests it is the story of a Japanese detective trying to get the job done anyway necessary . Violent Cop fits into the ultraviolent style of Japanese crime dramas made famous by Takashi Miike . This film is not for the faint of heart but if you enjoy these type of over the top . With a story that could be culled from a Greek tragedy Violent cop is a masterpiece of Asian crime thrillers . I highly recommend this and any other of Takeshi's films
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Darren Simpson
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Takeshi film. Sloppy Subtitling.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2013
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That's why I havn't given it a full 5 stars. I don't know whether the subtitles that ARE in it are acurate, as I don't know much Japanese. But I do know that a great deal of dialogue can go by without any subtitling at all. This happens a lot.

Still, even with that, it's a classic of Takeshi Kitano. As the title says, it's about a violent cop. It has a disturbing intro scene involving a homeless man that sets the tone for the rest of the film, especialy Asuma's way of dealing with the problem. He's not one for following the book. I should add though it's not all aggression. There's actualy a lot of scenes which have a nice calm to them.

I first saw this on late night TV back in about 1998 (it still had the half baked subtitles then) and liked it. And still do. Good piece of Japanese filmaking
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Thomas D
4.0 out of 5 stars Preis/Leistung top
Reviewed in Germany on April 15, 2013
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Diese Rezension bezieht sich auf die Eastern Edition von Laser Paradise.

Kitano san's Erstlingswerk hat fünf Sterne verdient. Düster, hart, kompromisslos und schockierend. Teilweise aber auch echt lustige Situationskomik, welche in späteren Kitanowerken mehr Einzug erhält.

Vier Sterne gibt es für die DVD, welche ein sehr gutes, klares DVD Bild liefert. Hin und wieder Masterfehler, bei so einem alten Film aber normal. Der Stereoton geht auch voll in Ordnung. Die deutsche Synchronisation hab ich nicht überprüft, sollte man aber auch nicht wenn man den Film geniesen will. Für den Filmspass ist O-Ton mit Untertitel Pflicht. Oder ohne Untertitel, wenn Diese sich abschalten lassen würden. Ist aber nicht der Fall, sowohl in der japanischen Sprachfassung als auch in der Deutschen. (?)
Auch gibt es kleinere Übersetzungs-, oder Tippfehler, ist aber kein Beinbruch.

Als Bonusmaterial gibt es fünf John Woo Trailer, mehr Variation wäre wünschenswert gewesen. Warum kein "Violent Cop" Cinematictrailer?

Alles in Allem bekommt man aber für gerade mal für 9,99 € einen spitzen Film, in guter Ausführung.

+gutes Bild und Ton
+Wendecover mit zwei unterschiedlichen Frontmotiven
+japanische Tonspur
+ungekürzte Fassung

-nicht ausblendbare dt. Untertitel
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