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Bad City

Bad City

20226.91h 58m

Overview

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.

Directed by Kensuke Sonomura
Written by Hitoshi Ozawa
Produced by Ryôji Kobayashi, Tsunoda Riku, Taizo Fukumaki
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Top Cast

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hitoshi Ozawa

Makoto Torada

Akane Sakanoue

Akane Sakanoue

Megumi Nohara

Katsuya

Katsuya

Kumamoto Satoshi

Masanori Mimoto

Masanori Mimoto

Ryota Nishizaki

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Chief of Police

Kentarō Shimazu

Kentarō Shimazu

Captain Ikeda

TOMOKAZU

TOMOKAZU

Fourth Division Detective

Koji Kiryu

Koji Kiryu

Director of Gojo Conglomerate

Akira Hamada

Akira Hamada

Prosecutor General

Arisa Matsunaga

Arisa Matsunaga

Moiri

Themes & Keywords

yakuzapolice corruptioncriminal underworldmobviolence

About Bad City

Bad City is a action, crime film released in 2022 exploring themes of yakuza, police corruption, criminal underworld, mob, violence. Directed by Kensuke Sonomura, it stars Hitoshi Ozawa, Akane Sakanoue, Katsuya. Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.

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