Rent Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
3.7 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
It's 1963 in the southern Japanese city of Kurashima, and tough-as-nails detective Kuno (Sugawara) oversees a detente between the warring Kawade and Ohara gangs. Best friends with Ohara lieutenant Hirotani (Hiroki Matsukata), he understands that there are no clear lines in the underworld, and that everything is colored a different shade of gray. But when random violence interrupts the peace and an ambitious, by-the-books lieutenant (Tatsuo Umemiya) comes to town, Kuno's fragile alliance begins to crumble. Greedy bosses and politicians alike seize the opportunity to wipe out their enemies, and Kuno faces the painful choice of pledging allegiance to his badge and keeping a promise to his brother. - Actors:
- Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikio Narita, Nobuo Kaneko, Asao Sano, Shingo Yamashiro, Tôru Abe, Shoji Arikawa, Tatsuo Endô, Jûkei Fujioka, Seizô Fukumoto, Reiko Ike, Kenji Ikeda, Masataka Iwao, Takuzô Kawatani, Eizô Kitamura, Yôko Koizumi, Hideo Murota, Satoru Nabe
- Directors:
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Writers:
- Kazuo Kasahara
- Aka:
- Kenkei tai soshiki boryoku
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/05/2017
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Beyond the Film: 'Cops vs. Thugs', a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
- A new visual essay on cops and criminals in Fukasaku's works by film scholar Tom Mes
- Original Theatrical Trailer
