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.

gun-play, stunts and martial arts action

The genre typically involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action.

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.

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.

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.

a film about a police officer who discovers that Violent Cop's colleague is involved in trafficking drugs and the actions that come from this discovery

Violent Cop is a film about a police officer who discovers that Violent Cop's colleague is involved in trafficking drugs and the actions that come from this discovery.

a grim treatise on the futility of violence and the effects of the effects's escalation

Violent Cop is a grim treatise on the futility of violence and the effects of the effects's escalation, within both law enforcement and the criminal underworld.

a film about Azuma (Kitano), who is a cold detective that doesn’t care how Azuma treats others

Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき) is a film about Azuma (Kitano), who is a cold detective that doesn’t care how Azuma treats others.

the

The American Film Institute defines the genre as "centered on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting".

,

generally crime or action based is some way, but all tending to be at least somewhat offbeat

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).