History Film / ViolentCop

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that his sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he murders her and then gets gunned down by the gang leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the gang leader and Azuma's former assistant becomes a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

* GenreDeconstruction: Arguably one for cop movies with the CowboyCop archtype. Azuma is shown to be competent at his job and his supervisors put up with his violent, cowboy cop tendencies because of the fact he is good at his job. However his more aggressive style is shown to be no more effective then any cop going by the book. Azuma himself is shown not to really be any better of a person then the crminals he goes after and he is not some cool or noble anti-hero. It further gets deconstructed as it progress [[spoiler: such as while his supervisors are initially willing to give Azuma leeway with his aggressive style, they eventually have to fire him when he goes to far in assaulting Kiyohiro and trying to plant evidence on him reminding people that there are actual consequences to behavior like this. Likewise the whole conflict between Azuma and Kiyohiro mainly escalates the way it does because of all of Azuma Cowboy Cop behavior.]]

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: [[spoiler: Kiyohiro makes one offensive comment about Azuma's sister, and it's enough for him to try killing him.]]

* GenreDeconstruction: Arguably one for cop movies with the CowboyCop archtype. Azuma is shown to be competent at his job and his supervisors put up with his violent, cowboy cop tendencies because of the fact he is good at his job. However his more aggressive style is shown to be no more effective then any cop going by the book. It further gets deconstructed as it progress [[spoiler: such as while his supervisors are initially willing to give him leeway with his aggressive style, they eventually have to fire him when he goes to far in assaulting Kiyohiro and trying to plant evidence on him. Likewise the whole conflict between Azuma and Kiyohiro escalates because of all of Azuma Cowboy Cop behavior. All the while too the movie shows that Azuma is really no better then the criminals he is chasing.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Azuma is given leeway with his supervisors with his violent rule breaking behavior and for most of the movie at worst just receives a minor scolding. [[spoiler: However after Azuma viciously attacks Kiyohiro and tries to plant evidence on him in order to try and bust him, he is fired for his conduct. The supervisor will only tolerate so much before he starts doing things that can get the whole department in trouble]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that his sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he kills her and then gets killed by the gang leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the gang leader and Azuma's former assistant becomes a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

* GenreDeconstruction: Arguably one for cop movies with the CowboyCop archtype. Azuma is shown to be competent at his job and his supervisors put up with his violent, cowboy cop tendencies because of the fact he is good at his job. However his more aggressive style is shown to be no more effective then any cop going by the book. It further gets deconstrcuted as it progress [[spoiler: such as while his supervisors are initially willing to give him leeway with his aggressive style, they eventually have to fire him when he goes to far in assaulting Kiyohiro and trying to plant evidence on him. Likewise the whole conflict between Azuma and Kiyohiro escalates because of all of Azuma Cowboy Cop behavior. All the while too the movie shows that Azuma is really no better then the criminals he is chasing.]]

* GenreDeconstruction: Arguably one for cop movies with the CowboyCop archtype. Azuma is shown to be competent at his job and his supervisors put up with his violent, cowboy cop tendencies because of he is good at his job. However his more aggresive style is shown to be no more effective then any cop going by the book. It further gets deconstrcuted as it progress [[spoiler: such as while his supervisors are initially willing to give him leeway with his aggressive style, they eventually have to fire him when he goes to far in assaulting Kiyohiro and trying to plant evidence on him. Likewise the whole conflict between Azuma and Kiyohiro escalates because of all of Azuma Cowboy Cop behavior. All the while too the movie shows that Azuma is really no better then the criminals he is chasing.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Azuma's killed, Akari's killed, Kiyohiro's killed, Kiyohiro's gang is killed, Kiyohiro's boss is killed, Iwaki's killed... Only Kikuchi, who takes Iwaki's place as a corrupt cop, is still alive.]]

''Violent Cop'' is a 1989 film by japanese filmmaker Creator/TakeshiKitano, as well as his directorial debut.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that her sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he kills her and then gets killed by the gang leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the gang leader and Azuma's former assistant becomes a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

* [[spoiler: KillEmAll: Azuma's killed, Akari's killed, Kiyohiro's killed, Kiyohiro's gang is killed, Kiyohiro's boss is killed, Iwaki's killed... Only Kikuchi, who takes Iwaki's place as a corrupt cop, is still alive.]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that her sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he kills her and then gets killed by the gang leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the gang leader and Azuma's former assistant becomes a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

But Azuma isn't a complete asshole. He also cares about his sister, who just got out of the hospital, and his colleague Iweki whom he considers his friend. That's where a gang starts to cause trouble in Azuma's routine.

* [[spoiler: KillEmAll: Azuma's killed, Akari's killed, Kiyohiro's killed, Kiyohiro's gang is killed, Kiyohiro's boss is killed, Iweki's killed... Only Kikuchi, who takes Iweki's place as a corrupt cop, is still alive.]]

* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: While ''Violent Cop'' is the official title of the movie outside Japan, the film's japanese title can be referred as "''Warning: This Man is Wild''" or "''This man, because of his extreme violence [should not be approached]''"

* BerserkButton: [[You make a bad comment about Azuma's sister, he will make you pay for it. Kiyohiro did, and he almost got shot in the mouth.]]

While this film was intented to be a classic detective story directed by Kinji Fukasaku, scheduling issues caused him to step down, and Kitano took over and rewrote most of the script. The final product is a police drama which departs heavily from [[Series/TakeshisCastle Kitano's previous work]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that her sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he kills her and then gets killed by the gang leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the gang leader and Azuma's former assistant turns out to be a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

* VigilanteMan: Azuma.

Opening up with the beating of a homeless person by a group of kids, we later see detective Azuma (played by Kitano himself) going at the house of one of the delinquents and violently threatening him to denounce himself. This scene illustrates the character of Azawa and how the rest of the film unfolds as he keeps using unorthodox methods in order to get what he wants.

While this film was intented to be a classic detective story directed by Kinji Fukasaku, scheduling issues caused him to step down, and Kitano took over and rewrote most of the script. The final product is a police drama which departs heavily from Kitano's previous work.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Azuma ends up killing Kiyohiro and his gang, but finds out that her sister has become a total drug addict. Out of desperation and mind-loss, he kills her and then gets killed by the crime leader's henchman. Afterwards, the henchman becomes the crime leader and Azuma's former assistant turns out to be a corrupted detective. In the end, crime wins.]]

* CorruptTheCutie: Akari [[spoiler: falls in a downard spiral of drug addiction, on top of being raped by Kiyohiro's gang]]

* TroubledProduction: The movie was supposed to be directed by Kinji Fukasaku, but Kitano took the directorial role in the end. His directing skills were questionned by the crew and he had to make an effort convincing the crew in order to make the film as he wanted.

* {{Determinator}}: Azuma doesn't care about the rules, wether he wears his badge or not.

Opening up with the beating of a homeless person by a group of kids, we later see detective Azuma (played by Kitano himself) going at the house of one of the delinquents and violently threatening him to denounce himself. This scene illustrates the character of Azawa how the rest of the film unfolds.