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Twisted Justice

2016-06-25 · 135 min · ★ 6.4

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.

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Production details

Directors
Kazuya Shiraishi
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation, Toei Company, Kinoshita Group, Culture Entertainment, PIA Corporation, GYAO, Django Film, Pony Canyon Enterprise
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Go AyanoGo AyanoMorohoshi
YOUNG DAISYOUNG DAISTaro Yamanobe
Yukio UenoYukio UenoRashido
Haruna YabukiHaruna YabukiYuki Tasato
Kumi TakiuchiKumi TakiuchiToshiko Hirota
Ryuzo TanakaRyuzo TanakaTakashi Saruwatari
MinosukeMinosukeToshio Kishitani
Tomoya NakamuraTomoya NakamuraRyota Kosaka
KatsuyaKatsuyaTakuma Urushibara
Ayumu SaitoAyumu SaitoYukio Sakuraba
Munetaka AokiMunetaka AokiDetective Kenzi Kuribayashi
Takayuki KinoshitaTakayuki KinoshitaChikara Kagaya
Takuma OtooTakuma OtooHirokazu Kuniyoshi
Pierre TakiPierre TakiDetective Sadao Murai
Shido NakamuraShido NakamuraKatsusuke Kuroiwa
Ito ShiraishiIto ShiraishiTaro Yamanobe’s Girlfriend
Shima OnishiShima Onishi
Eri OtaEri Ota

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