Returning to the scre To some extent, if you've seen one Fukasaku yakuza movie you've seen them all. In der Stadt Kurashima tobt der Kampf zwischen zwei rivalisierenden Gangsterbanden. Dieser nutzt die Allianz mit der Polizei zu seinem Vorteil. Es kommt zu Gewalt auf den Strassen. Yasuhiro Suzuki, 100 mins   Great soundtrack and head-lopping scene though. I really could have done with it here. There are two defining moments in this film. In comes a new police chief who's a total boy scout. 12, Again, there are SO MANY characters, different gangs, and the behaviour of the cops is indistinguishable from the crooks. If only the first 45 minutes weren't a bit tedious and confusing. I need to see more Fukasaku. Show All… 1975 This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Kino International released the film on DVD in North America in 2006. "Police vs. Violence Groups") is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). It covers a fairly limited time period compared to the 20-year span of the five-film series, and has a dominant central character with a personal storyline you can focus on. Watched Detektive Kuno (Bunta Sugawara) ist mit Hirotani (Hiroki Matsukata), dem Chef der Ohara-Bande befreundet. If you know of something I should add, or I added something erroneously here, please let me know…, Jayce Fryman 18,682 films 3,246 104 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Fukasaku always keeps the camera moving; even when there isn't physical fighting, the dialog threatens to escalate to violence at any moment. Kino International released the film on DVD in North America in 2006. The movie might be confusing at first, because it is hard to keep up with who is who. Considered by many to be director Kinji Fukasaku's greatest single-film achievement in the yakuza genre, Cops vs Thugs was made at the height of popularity of Toei Studios' jitsuroku boom: realistic, modern crime movies based on true stories taken from contemporary headlines. Kinda blaxploitation groovy sounds! However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal. “A surprisingly redemptive tale. The second moment comes late in the film, when the protagonist detective is hunting for a murderer. He is one of the best yellers I have seen on screen, certainly helped by the fact Japanese seems to be one of the best yelling languages(Really any language with end of sentence interrogatives that end in vowels let you really luxuriate and draw out those yelling questions). Policiais VS Bandidos: Europe (English title) (alternative title) Cops vs. Thugs: France: Police contre syndicat du crime: Japan (Japanese title) 県警対組織暴力: Russia: Полицейские против бандитов: USA: Cops vs Thugs Feb subscribehttps://store.playstation.com/#!/tid=CUSA00572_00 Cops vs. Thugs is interested in the thin line between police and yakuza, like a lot of cop films, like a Japanese punk proto-Heat. Film data from TMDb. Cops Vs. Thugs highlights everything great about Fukasaku’s work to this point; the fantastic cinematography (especially those iconic dutch angles), the vibrant 70’s score, the symbolism of the power of guns in Japan, and overall, just how to make a rad as hell crime flick. Usually these movies end in a bloody heap of tragedy, and while that tinge of doom is still very much here, COPS VS. THUGS has the tiniest bit of uplift, which seems enormous in the scope of Fukasaku's oeuvre.” -- “Xebeche”, Letterboxd. Having had a shot at The Yakuza Papers but finding the opening film so totally impenetrable that I gave up on it (actually, I might have fallen asleep), Cops vs. Thugs can count itself lucky that I didn't do the same here. Release Date: 05/23/17Considered by many to be director Kinji Fukasaku's greatest single-film achievement in the yakuza genre, Cops vs Thugs was made at the height of popularity of Toei Studios' jitsuroku boom: realistic, modern crime movies based on true stories taken from contemporary headlines. Despite showing the worst crimes and revelling in the violence, there's a conservatism running throughout: if people knew their place, they wouldn't be getting into so much trouble. Soon that peace is threatened by dividing loyalties and a new incorruptible cop in charge. Now I know this might seem like a shameless way to get other people to find loads of 1970s crime…, I wanted to have a huge list to query through / pull from when I'm in the mood for a…, This list includes all Blu-ray titles released by Arrow Films under the Arrow Video…, Stephen Williamson 7,962 films 300 5 Edit. It really makes the movie for me. Confusing Yakuza film takes 45 minutes to really get going, but once it does, it's hypnotic. It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director and Best Actor. After catching the briefest glimpse of the cooler-than-thou Bunta Sugawara in Violent City last night, I was in the mood to see him in a more substantive role and luckily I had an as yet unwatched blu-ray of Kinji Fukasaku's Cops Vs. Thugs sitting on my shelf. who would have thought this cop would challenge this thug to a fist fight. Johnjohnston. Behind the B-movie aesthetic, there's something really human. These Fukasaku yakuza films are fun, gritty, violent, but betray a thematic richness and a deep humanism. The movie explores…. But when a young lieutenant enters the police job, the friendship is broken and the man tries to get everyone involved in a…. Bunta Sugawara has a badass voice. He was only following orders. We don’t have defined good guys and bad guys, instead we have a lot of the characters in the middle. When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Jeroen Kraan’s review published on Letterboxd: Nicely shot and edited - particularly the chaotic fight sequences - but the middling story didn't do much for me. Brutal, in your face Fukusaku. Though freed from the source material this one is more free to be less dense and confusing. He’s a great actor, and plays his cop role like a boss. Report this film. It’s during this good friendship between the dirty cops and the yakuza that the streets are safer and the most corrupted media officials are looking to see jail time as well as the cops just trying to have a good time. 11 photos. Feels slower than the Yakuza Papers series, which allows some space for relationships to deepen, and there are plenty of familiar faces. Cops vs. Thugs is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. ...sure the Yakuza are no good...but theyre a lot better than communists! This did not work for me. All the films from my exploitation lists, bundled into one mega-super-list-to-rule-them-all! He only did the murder to rise in the ranks. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. The gangster code of honor, the cop's badge of ethics and the political corruption, make this world into one in the same, as the subjects become interchangeable.In this gray reality there's two sides to the law, the third being Fukasaku's visceral style : Grim, Dismall & Outrageous, yet always exploding into a million fragments of energy. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. 20:50. cops vs thugs 1975 remastered bdrip eng subs Pt 03. Filmes preferidos vistos ao longo de 2020, mas como eu tendo a assistir tudo com um enorme atraso (e ninguém…, Arsaib Gilbert 1,166 films 975 26 Edit. Out of all of the Kinji Fukasaku films I’ve seen, this may be my new favorite. As with other Fukasaku movies I saw, this one displays an amazing skill when molding earnest character moments out of characters that have little screen time.