Japanese gangster tale

Violent Cop is a classic Japanese gangster tale shaped into Kitano’s unmistakably warped reflection of cops and criminals culture with startling style and benchwarmer Masaki's charismatic presence, and is easily the bigger audience pleaser.

a classic Japanese gangster tale shaped into Kitano

Violent Cop is a classic Japanese gangster tale shaped into Kitano’s unmistakably warped reflection of cops and criminals culture with startling style and benchwarmer Masaki's charismatic presence, and is easily the bigger audience pleaser.

the most engrossing, grab-you-by-the-nards police drama we've seen in a long while

We have no idea, but Violent Cop is the most engrossing, grab-you-by-the-nards police drama we've seen in a long while.

shattering reinvention of the Japanese Yakuza genre

With Kitano's Zen like direction VIOLENT COP is a stylish, smart and skull shattering reinvention of the Japanese Yakuza genre.

a series that became an icon of popular culture and successfully transcended multiple generations of series in the crime genre (beginning in the era of series such as Dragnet and ending in the era of series such as Charlie's Angels)

It is a series that became an icon of popular culture and successfully transcended multiple generations of series in the crime genre (beginning in the era of series such as Dragnet and ending in the era of series such as Charlie's Angels).