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In his 1975 masterpiece Cops vs. Thugs, director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) paints a dynamic portrait of flourishing corruption and unchecked greed using gritty 70s cop movie elan and true crime expose’ detail. Brimming with irresistibly brutal vitality, Cops vs. Thugs demonstrates why Fukasaku counts filmmakers Takeshi Kitano, Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Miike as devoted acolytes.
Original Release
04/26/1975
US Release
08/26/2000
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bunta Sugawara | Detective Kuno |
| Tatsuo Umemiya | Lt. Kaida |
| Hiroki Matsukata | Kenji Hirotani |
| Mikio Narita | Katsumi Kawade |
| Nobuo Kaneko | Masaichi Tomoyasu |
| Asao Sano | |
| Shingo Yamashiro | |
| Tôru Abe | |
| Shoji Arikawa | (as Akirawa Shioji) |
| Tatsuo Endô | Takeo Ohara |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bunta Sugawara | Detective Kuno |
| Tatsuo Umemiya | Lt. Kaida |
| Hiroki Matsukata | Kenji Hirotani |
| Mikio Narita | Katsumi Kawade |
| Nobuo Kaneko | Masaichi Tomoyasu |
| Asao Sano | |
| Shingo Yamashiro | |
| Tôru Abe | |
| Shoji Arikawa | (as Akirawa Shioji) |
| Tatsuo Endô | Takeo Ohara |
| Jûkei Fujioka | Assistant Chief Ikeda |
| Seizo Fukumoto | |
| Shôtarô Hayashi | |
| Reiko Ike | |
| Kenji Ikeda | Dump Truck Driver |
| Masataka Iwao | |
| Takuzo Kawatani | |
| Eizo Kitamura | Chief Otsubo |
| Hideo Murota | |
| Satoru Nabe | Satoru |
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