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	Violent Cop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the 2000 Hong Kong film, see Violent Cop.
		Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき Sono Otoko, Kyōbō ni Tsuki; literally: Warning, That Man Is Violent) is a 1989 Japanese film, directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano.
		Violent Cop was Kitano's directorial debut, and marked the beginning of his career as a filmmaker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Violent_Cop (204 words)

	cops80s
		Although the cop action-hero was in many ways an average guy just doing his job, more often he also functioned as a fantasy of indestructible masculinity.
		The cop action-hero, with his emphasis on physicality and violence, emerged, in part, as a backlash to the newer, more feminized, images of masculinity that pervaded the media, especially fashion magazines.
		As the cops surround the tree lot, the remaining dealer holds Riggs hostage with a gun to his temple; however, Riggs demands that his fellow officers shoot the dealer, unperturbed by the threat to his own safety.
	www.crimeculture.com /Contents/80sCopFilms.html (2282 words)

	DVD of the Week: (9/1/2000): Violent Cop
		Azuma enters a very affluent-looking house and asks to speak to the owner's son, a kid who not five minutes ago was kicking the stuffing out of a bum with his friends.
		The most striking thing about "Violent Cop", in fact, is how unglamorous all the violence is. It reminded me of the similarly messy fl comedy "Ariel" (also a Japanese favorite, apparently), in which all the fights have the rough, desperate feel of a real fight, not the slick choreography of a Hollywood effort.
		Typical cop behavior: he corners a drug pusher in a bathroom and starts slapping him across the face to get him to confess a name.
	www.thegline.com /dvd-of-the-week/2000/09-01-2000.htm (685 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Violent Cop at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Violent Cop is one of the best action films that most people have never heard of.
		Violent Cop is a violent film—yet the violence often seems necessary, never pandering or glamorous, but more like an unpleasant task that has to be done.
		Violent Cop won’t appeal to everyone, but those who are interested in seeing an action film that deals with real human issues should find something appealing in it.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-ADD-278CED4-38E25D12-prod6 (792 words)

	Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: Violent Cop (1989)
		Takeshi Kitano's first movie as a director is a violent, nihilistic look at the life of an amoral Japanese police detective.
		Violent Cop might not have any obvious moral, but it is gripping cinema.
		The filmographies feature many mistakes and omissions, chief among them the misconception that Violent Cop was released in 1998, as opposed to the correct date of 1989.
	www.50footdvd.com /movies/v/violent-cop.html (243 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Violent Cop (1989) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		No matter what Fox Lorber thinks, actor/writer/director Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop was made during the height of Japan's recent economic boom, when employment was at its highest and crime was at it's lowest.
		As Azuma follows the drugs back to their source, he and a bunch of his partners (including the inevitable rookie, who seems to be the only cop in the film who isn't a thug) try to apprehend a suspect.
		The man resists arrest, and kills a cop with a baseball bat blow to the head.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/v/violent-cop.html (826 words)

	'Violent Cop': The Sadistic and Ruthless, Through a Ruthless Lens
		So if there were an award for truth in titling, "Violent Cop," the sharp, shocking, cynical account of his conflict with corruption, would surely be a contender -- if it were not a 10-year-old film.
		As star of his own film, Kitano is a riveting figure, a slight, lithe, laconic character who commands the screen with his bleak vision of a corrupt world, his potential for explosive violence, his courage, his tolerance for pain and the understanding and love he shows for his mentally disturbed sister.
		In "Violent Cop," Azuma, partnered with an eager rookie, becomes part of an investigation of a drug-related murder.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/071699cop-film-review.html (379 words)

	Violent Cop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Azuma is a cop who plays by his own rules: He batters suspects, beats confessions from criminals, and plants evidence.
		It's a violent world in which adolescents attack beggars and grade-school kids pelt bystanders with garbage and insults, but Kitano also shows a tender, caring side ultimately swallowed by the unleashed anger.
		Ironic, grim, and focused to a mesmerizing intensity, Violent Cop is one of the great Japanese crime films and a brilliant debut.
	www.tuningintokyo.com /violentcop.html (242 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Violent Cop [1989]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Violent Cop as has beeen stated numerous times on this page is the first film of japanese director/actor Takeshi Kitano.
		This is probably because they are films he wrote and originally intended to direct from the beginning whereas in Violent Cop he actually took over the direction and rewrote the film after the original director left because of scheduling disagreements.
		Violent cop is an impressive debut feature from one of world cinemas most interesting directors but it has been given a woeful release by MIA.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RZT1 (1282 words)

	Violent Cop . Weekly Alibi . 10-18-99
		Violent Cop (original title: Sono Otoko, Kyobo Ni Tsuki -- translation: Warning, This Man Is Wild) was shot in 1989.
		Violent Cop tells the grim tale of Azuma (Kitano), a stereotypical loose cannon cop whose violent methods don't agree with the police department's top brass.
		It's difficult to distinguish between cops and criminals in the world of Violent Cop -- often because they are one and the same.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/alibi/v/violentcop1.html (696 words)

	Violent Cop -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Violent Cop, known in (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan as Sono Otoko, Kyōbō ni Tsuki (その男、凶暴につき lit.
		Warning, That Man Is Violent) is a (Click link for more info and facts about 1989) 1989 (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese film, directed by and starring (Click link for more info and facts about Takeshi Kitano) Takeshi Kitano.
		The movie was a financial and critical success in Japan, and also did well in limited release internationally.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/violent_cop.htm (269 words)

	DVD of the Week: (6/16/2003): Violent Cop
		The first scene in Violent Cop, easily the darkest and most unforgiving movie Kitano ever made, sets the movie's bleak tone: a gang of teenaged boys beating a homeless man senseless.
		Violent Cop was Kitano’s first film as a director, but he wound up helming the movie under slightly odd circumstances.
		He starts the movie with the greatest enthusiasm for his job, but by the time Azuma is through with him (and has gotten himself killed for his efforts), selling out to the drug gang seems like a step up in the world.
	www.thegline.com /dvd-of-the-week/2003/06-16-2003.htm (1883 words)

	DVD Booty - Violent Cop
		Azuma reaches his breaking point when a fellow cop is killed and drug dealers take prisoner his sister.
		AS mentioned previously, Violent Cop is a startling first feature from Kitano, who replaced director Kinji Fukasaku.
		Violent Cop, Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, ShirÃ´ Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Ot...
	www.dvdbooty.com /dvds/violent-cop (402 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Violent Cop
		Beat plays a hard working, no nonsense and at times kinda cool cop named Azuma (the "violent cop" of the title) who's brutal tactics often cause him trouble.
		Violent Cop was originally being developed by Kinji Fukasaku and when he couldn't finish the project, the studio asked Kitano if he was interested in directing it.
		Slow motion is used in only one scene, in which a cop is brutally beaten with a metal baseball bat.
	www.cityonfire.com /japanese/violentcop.html (1262 words)

	Violent Cop Movie: Violent Cop DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		When a friend on the police force is killed and his sister is kidnapped by drug dealers, Azuma begins walking a mercilessly vengeful path that leads to a shocking finale.
		VIOLENT COP is a stunning first feature from Kitano, who took over for veteran director Kinji Fukasaku after he left the project.
		Primarily known as a television comedian, Kitano rewrote the script to better suit his surprisingly dark vision of the film, which serves an intriguing introduction to his unique directorial style, combining scenes of extreme violence with beautifully meditative shots.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/720917514628IE (224 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Violent cop busted again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A Queens cop acquitted in the death of a drug suspect he struck with a police radio three years ago has been busted for assaulting his girlfriend, police said yesterday.
		The cop, who was arrested in May in an assault on a Westchester schoolteacher, turned himself in at Carmel police headquarters Saturday morning, police said.
		The cop has been on modified duty - with no gun or shield - since the 1998 incident in which he hurled the 2-pound radio at the head of Kenneth Banks, a fleeing alleged drug dealer.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/v-pfriendly/story/43925p-41281c.html (335 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Violent Cop (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VIOLENT COP is the most disturbing cop flick i have ever seen yet it is the most powerful.
		VIOLENT COP contains the strangest, wackiest car/foot chase ever put on film as 'beat' chases a baseball bat wielding nut thru the residential streets of japan.
		Violent Cop is a definite Five Star Rating all around.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JS6H (1324 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Violent Cop at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fans of John Woo will probably be startled at how spare and bleak this film is, especially since they may be one of the first kinds of folks to get it recommended to them.
		Strange, because "Violent Cop" owes nothing to the extravagant Woo style -- it's a curt, blunt-nosed little movie about a man who is no less curt and blunt-noised.
		"Violent Cop" is a tough movie to like, but it's an extremely impressive and tightly-made film.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-265F-1C195DC6-39E1FD02-prod3 (634 words)

	Violent Cop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 39 years old Azuma ("Beat" Takeshi) is an unmarried homicide squad cop with a total lack of respect for his superiors or police procedure, he believes in rough natural justice and have no problem to show off what he things, to people who cross his path, in a much more physic way.
		But the role here in Violent Cop was the first appearance he did in a Takeshi Kitano movie, and a very impressive so) to rape her and inject her with heroin.
		Violent Cop is an impressive feature from a first time director with many fine set-pieces, one for example: a fight between a cop and a narcotic shoot entirely in floating slow motion.
	www.geomatics.kth.se /sjoberg/homepage/violentc.htm (587 words)

	DVD Times - Violent Cop
		Kick starting his writer/director/actor career Violent Cop was the first film to capture his silent, contemplative style that is often overlooked in favour of the feverish bouts of extreme violence that dictate the majority of Takeshi titles.
		In just 10-minutes the bleak society in which the film is set, the general disregard for both the people he is assigned to protect and those he is assigned to catch, and of course the protocol Azuma must follow as a Policeman is portrayed to us in a way we will not soon forget.
		Violent Cop is a superb film that must be seen but for now I can only suggest you either rent it or wait for this MIA release to become available as part of a sale!
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=4942 (1451 words)

	Movie Review - Violent Cop - eFilmCritic
		Azuma doesn’t bring in the delinquent (in the way the maverick cops of American action cinema would), instead, he seems to be pleased with simply beating up the kid and punishing him in his own unique way.
		What sets Violent Cop apart from its American counterparts are Kitano’s unique and distinctively Japanese directorial style and the thematic content that will eventually come to color all of his films.
		Violent Cop has the distinction of being the one film that Kitano has directed that he didn’t also write—although, you’d be hard pressed to tell that he didn’t write the script for the most part.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=5380&reviewer=259 (1386 words)

	Violent Cop yakuza Kinji Fukasaku Dirty Harry Japan Takeshi Kitano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Violent Cop Japanese Title: Sono Otoko, Kyobo Ni Tsuki Starring: "Beat" Takeshi, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shiro Sano, Shigeru Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otomashi, Haku Ryu, Ittoku Kishibe Directed by:...
		Violent Cop (2000) A killer is striking in the Mongkok sleaze heartland, assailing his brothel-frequenting victims, slashing their throats, slicing off their genitals, carving crosses in tongues and...
		Violent Cop 2000 Michael Fitzgerald Wong, Anthony Wong, Wayne Lai, Iris Chai Directed by Steve Cheung N ot to be confused with the Japanese movie of the same name starring Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, this HK...
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	Qwipster's Movie Reviews - Violent Cop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Japan, a rogue Dirty Harry-style cop known for his penchant for beating suspects for information (or just for fun), is out to take town a drug ring and discovers one of his colleagues is involved.
		His unsavory interrogation tactics gets him booted off the force, and now that his sister has been kidnapped by the baddies, he is a man without bounds and out for vengeance.
		VIOLENT COP is an intriguing yet seriously flawed cop thriller that raises some interesting themes but fails to deliver on them with success.
	www.qwipster.net /violentcop.htm (182 words)

	village voice > film > The Blair Witch Project: student bodies; Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop by J. Hoberman
		No less eccentric than its successors, Violent Cop features Kitano beating drug-dealer butt and stepping on authority's toes to the accompaniment of an infectious theme that reconfigures a melancholy Eric Satie refrain into something more appropriate to the video game Tetris.
		Violent Cop, which features no guns in its first half, is a film of pummeling physicality—it's been suggested that it recreates the distinctive rhythm of Kitano's heavy, hunched-over, off-kilter stride, as well as his surprise eruptions.
		The central set piece is a botched drug bust in which the suspect takes out three detectives, decks a fourth in a slo-mo punch-out, then (to the accompaniment of some unlikely cocktail jazz) sprints through an unheeding workaday neighborhood, lethal baseball bat in hand.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/9928/hoberman.shtml (1115 words)

	Keith Loh Violent Cop Review
		Azuma's department is run by careerists and cops on the take, something he abides with only because he is mainly concerned with helping care for his mentally disturbed younger sister.
		Each scene in Violent Cop seems to begin as a static frame with characters barely moving, tasking the audience to interpret any emotions from the story context rather than the character's actions.
		In all that time, the audience may be puzzled with the featureless acting of Takeshi, if they are at the same time surprised by his sudden actions.
	www.keithloh.com /writing/film_reviews/violent_cop_review.html (542 words)

	Violent Cop \| DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Takeshi Kitano plays Azuma, a cop dirtier than Harry ("Dirty Harry") as he's decided that the world truly has descended into anarchy -- an anarchy the results of law or its lack of true enforcement.
		VIOLENT COP is a picture of quiet brilliance, and the intelligence is found largely in moments of silence -- Azuma walking down the street, Azuma staring emotionlessly at a criminal before administering his own form of punishment, Azuma walking several paces ahead or behind of whomever he's with.
		The film cleverly gives Azuma an adversary -- a tight-lipped assassin -- who is as violent as he is, and, once the killer offs one of Azuma's oldest colleagues, a clashing of polar opposites is inevitable...
	office-products.globalgiftshopping.com /violent-cop,B00000JS6I_i.htm (1056 words)

	DVD Authority - Printable DVD Review of Violent Cop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Then, there are cops like Detective Azuma, those officers who not only use violence, they practice the art of violence like a religion.
		The action is quite good in Violent Cop, but the movie has some pretty good dialogue too, which moves the story along nicely.
		Violent Cop is presented in a 1.85:1 widescreen transfer, which is not enhanced for widescreen televisions.
	www.dvdauthority.com /print_friendly.asp?reviewid=2962 (824 words)

	Kitano Takeshi No Eiga - Films directed by Takeshi Kitano - Violent Cop (1989)
		Kitano took over directorial duties on Violent Cop after being hired to play the lead role of Detective Azuma.
		That question is answered more fully in Blood, Guns and Baseball, but suffice to say I believe it is due to a combination of Kitano's shooting and editing techniques and the sheer inventiveness and originality on display (for example, the way he shoots the first police chase as if it was a baseball run).
		Violent Cop is a definite 'must-see' if you're at all interested in contemporary Japanese cinema.
	www.angelfire.com /rock2/larav/kitano/films/violentcop.html (374 words)

	Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki (1989) (aka Violent Cop)
		This severe lack of dialogue ensures that Violent Cop's plot often remains indistinct, hazy beyond the wash of violence and silence.
		The pace of Violent Cop is slow, creating a sense of calm and tranquillity; occasionally punctured, but then the ripples die away and normality returns.
		The unethical outlook shocks and the sense of emptiness attracts, but Violent Cop is missing something, perhaps a sense of warmth.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Violent_Cop.html (717 words)

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