Talk:Violent Cop (1989 film)

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If you're looking for edits to this text from before 2004-06-24, please see the article under Kitano Takeshi. The majority of the articles on Kitano's films (save Dolls and Zatouichi were adapted from the version found there before my (AsianAstronaut) edits on 2006-06-23 and 2006-06-24. They were split off because they were too lengthy for his article and were more concerned with the movies themselves and not how they related to Kitano's career. There's still some overlap between the movie articles and the original Kitano article, so if you see fit to change the wordings around on these, rewrite them entirely, etc., please do. --AsianAstronaut 06:50, 2004 Jun 24 (UTC)

I think it is interesting that in the film summary that you summize Azumas violence as

"After the death of his friend and colleague Iwaki, and the kidnapping of his sister by yakuza gangsters, Azuma breaks all the rules of ethical conduct. He responds to every situation with violence, and resorts to unethical methods if they produce results."

However I think that from the first time Azuma appears on screen, in which he beats one of the homeless attacking boys it is clear that he is not a cop who follows ethical conventions, personally I think that the situation with the Iwakis death and the subsequent kidnapping of his sister that Azuma follows a path of self destruction from which his own death is the only likely outcome. Quite similar to the paths of death in other Kitano movies, or am I just thinking too much!

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I believe this page should be re-redirected to the "Sono Otoko, Kyōbō ni Tsuki" page for two reasons - 1. it avoids confusion with the other film - and 2. it is the true name of the film (see: Léon).

Also I corrected the "literal" translation to the actual literal translation. -- Kyobonitsuki 18:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It is a naming convention to use the English language version of a name of a work of fiction, unless the name in the original language is more common in English usage, e.g. Hana-bi or Les Liaisons dangereuses. - Ajshm 19:06, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Financial success?
The Japanese wkipedia just says "mazumazu no seiseki" which would mean it was a limited success, and it mentions a figure of 500 million yen made for a budget of 460 million yen. So it isn't really a financial success by film standards. Maybe someone can clarify this? The J.Wiki gives no source for the figures. JoshuSasori (talk) 10:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)