Keisatsukan
1933 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
This tremendously stylish gangster film, about the love-hate relationship between a cop and a criminal who were childhood friends is Uchida’s finest surviving silent film. Its taut, terse style demonstrates a Western influence typical of Japan’s late silent cinema, and Uchida directs with a vitality and vehemence that brings to mind Howard Hawks and Fritz Lang. The film, which appeared against a background of real-life anxieties driven by gang violence in Tokyo, was endorsed by the city’s police force at the time of its release.
Direction Tomu Uchida
Cast Eiji Nakano · Isamu Kosugi · Taisuke Matsumoto · Shinobu Araki · Tamako Katsura · Sôji Ubukata · Kenji Asada · Shizuko Mori · Isao Kitaoka · Matsuko Miho · Kôju Murata
Screenplay Eizo Yamauchi · Toshihiko Takaeda
Cinematography Soichi Aisaka
Original title Keisatsukan
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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