violent cop

Filmmaking multi-hyphenate Kitano Takeshi’s career hasn’t been all about putting hard-boiled violence and gangsters on screen. Surely enough though, when he does, it leaves a lasting impression that often feels someone enigmatic in its clear-cut resolve. You can’t really knock it in any case. It’s in your face and right down to a threatening cock-eyed stare with a barrel pointed right at you. And it’s tropes like that which highlight Kitano’s signature career in film, especially with the forthcoming US-bound Blu-Ray re-release of his 1989 directing debut, Violent Cop courtesy of Film Movement. SYNOPSIS: In one of his first dramatic roles, writer/director Takeshi “Beat” Kitano plays Detective Azuma, a hostile cop who’s not afraid of using violent means to catch his culprits. When his sister is kidnapped by a sadistic drug lord, Azuma’s Dirty Harry-style tactics escalate in his quest for vengeance. High quality HD transfers are to be expected […]

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