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In his directorial debut, famed Japanese screen personality Takeshi Kitano (acting under the alias Beat Takeshi) plays Azuma, a brutal but honorable cop at the end of his rope. Azuma's trying daily routine involves dealing with a naive new partner and caring for his drug-dependent, mentally challenged sister. When a friend on .. Read more

Starring	'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shiro Sano
Director	'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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- - 10
  - 2
  Takeshi's Castle was never like this....
  
  Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano is back, as a mad, angy, maverick cop. Truly menancing throughout, this time Kitano-san plays the other side of the law from his ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mark Killing
  - Droitwich Spa, England
  - 06 Sep 2004 at 19:39
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- - 0
  - 0
  Slappy, kicky cop
  
  Although I do like alot of Kitano's work this is not one of them. The man himself still oozes cool the story isn't up to much. He plays an honourable ... read more »
  
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- 1066069
- - oli74
  - 44 reviews
  - olisykes74@gmail.com
  - 23 Nov 2011 at 09:59
- - 0
  - 1
  Boring and pointless film
  
  Words can not do justice to how rubbish this film was, I love Asian cinema and films such 'One Night In Mongkok', 'Ong-Bak' and 'Old Boy'... read more »
  
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- 999915
- - a customer
  - Nottingham, England
  - 02 Jun 2011 at 23:28
- - 0
  - 0
  Not So Violent Cop
  
  I'm a huge Takeshi Kitano fan so I had very high expecatations for this. Unfortunately I was somewhat let down. Though Takeshi gives a fantastic performance... read more »
  
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- 909108
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - H0LLIE
  - 198 reviews
  - UK
  - 28 Jul 2010 at 00:06
- - 3
  - 0
  Subtitling Problems
  
  I was looking forward to seeing this film because I loved some of Kitano's other work, but quite frankly the Engligh subtitling is woeful: it seems as ... read more »
  
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- 859066
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 11:54
- - 0
  - 2
  flat...
  
  Yes, saxophones ruined eighties Japanese cinema too. While i'm willing to concede that some of the dialogue may have lost it's impact after translation... read more »
  
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- 850542
- - Coolintheman
  - 10 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 18 Jan 2010 at 00:35
- - 0
  - 0
  Violent Cop
  
  This was he funniest film I have seen in years. Initially it appeared to be a serious film about a maverick Japanese cop but as it went on it became obvious ... read more »
  
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- 824464
- - littlelemon
  - 14 reviews
  - Northampton
  - 25 Oct 2009 at 13:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Unwatchable College Project style film
  
  This film would be great if you were studying Japanese, but i, as probably most viewers of this would be, am not. Therefore having a Japanese film where some ... read more »
  
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- - Munkie
  - 8 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 26 Mar 2009 at 16:29
- - 0
  - 0
  Avoid
  
  Might have been a good film, but got too annoyed at the shocking subtitles to keep watching past the first 20 minutes.
  
  Seemed like a good enough ... read more »
  
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- - Leitch
  - 2 reviews
  - Aberdeen
  - 16 Mar 2009 at 07:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Violent Cop
  
  Magnificent example of close to the bone Japanese cinema...fantastic!
  
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- 704374
- - Dude0203
  - 71 reviews
  - Wirral
  - 08 Feb 2009 at 09:25
- - 0
  - 0
  5 for the film 2 for the dvd 3 for the average
  
  *****
  
  Brilliant film for those that want more than what Hard Boiled gave them (mindless but beautiful gun battles). A crackin' film that veers ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - edinburgh
  - 03 Jan 2009 at 20:50
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- - 10
  - 2
  Takeshi's Castle was never like this....
  
  Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano is back, as a mad, angy, maverick cop. Truly menancing throughout, this time Kitano-san plays the other side of the law from his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 17288
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mark Killing
  - Droitwich Spa, England
  - 06 Sep 2004 at 19:39
- - 7
  - 3
  Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki
  
  Violent Cop was originally going to be directed by Kinji Fukasaku. After jokingly saying he would do the job, the reigns were handed to Kitano who was already ... read more »
  
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- - Merlin
  - London
  - 28 Feb 2006 at 13:15
- - 5
  - 1
  Poor
  
  I got this because of its star - the brilliant 'Beat' Takeshi. But this was very poor. Basically it consists of scene after scene of the cop (Azuma) ... read more »
  
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- 17780
- - a customer
  - Glasgow, UK
  - 10 Sep 2004 at 13:53
- - 5
  - 1
  Not his best
  
  I'm a big fan of Beat, but this wasn't that good. I enjoy sub-titled films, but I got the impression that the sub-title man had several fag breaks ... read more »
  
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- 101520
- - steviebobs
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 10 May 2005 at 13:17
- - 3
  - 0
  Subtitling Problems
  
  I was looking forward to seeing this film because I loved some of Kitano's other work, but quite frankly the Engligh subtitling is woeful: it seems as ... read more »
  
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- 859066
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 11:54
- - 3
  - 2
  Beat It!
  
  First quality outing from the Japanese maestro, as director/lead. Understated, considered and engaging - especially given the culture clash. Personally I ... read more »
  
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- 451822
- - Warren Evans
  - London, England
  - 21 Jun 2007 at 12:38
- - 2
  - 0
  Probing insight into the Japanese psyche
  
  This is probably a good movie, however my Japanese isn’t up to much and as only 2/3rds of the film seem to be subtitled, you kind of loose the plot a bit.<... read more »
  
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- 317363
- - redeyerat
  - West Sussex
  - 27 Dec 2004 at 17:07
- - 2
  - 0
  Incredible disappointment
  
  Talk about a misleading title. When you rent a movie called Violent Cop you expect some sleuthing followed by lots of bloodshed, it's promised in the title ... read more »
  
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- - Organasm
  - 7 reviews
  - Harrow
  - 19 Jun 2008 at 10:52
- - 1
  - 0
  Grown
  
  This is the second film I have seen by Mr. Takeshi, and I suggest to all that you see 'Zatoichi'. However, this should have been the first, I bought it ... read more »
  
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- 310047
- - TheBigBopper
  - london
  - 23 Sep 2004 at 21:14
- - 1
  - 0
  B+tch slap city
  
  I was expecting great things.... but its a bit dated really... it leaves out a lot of the dialogue. its probably just chit chat but. it kinda reminded me of ... read more »
  
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- 587617
- - Mrtbuzzed
  - 16 reviews
  - Pontefract
  - 24 Jun 2008 at 22:57

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  In his directorial debut, famed Japanese screen personality Takeshi Kitano (acting under the alias Beat Takeshi) plays Azuma, a brutal but honorable cop at the end of his rope. Azuma's trying daily routine involves dealing with a naive new partner and caring for his drug-dependent, mentally ...