{"product_id":"violent-cop-その男-凶暴につき-original-first-release-japanese-b3-nakazuri-poster-1989-takeshi-kitano-beat-takeshi-b3-size-approx-36-4-51-5-cm-l1-za751","title":"“Violent Cop” \/ 「その男、凶暴につき」, Original First Release Japanese B3 Nakazuri Poster 1989, Takeshi Kitano \/ Beat Takeshi, B3 Size (approx. 36.4 × 51.5 cm) L1, ZA751","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"401\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"206\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B3 nakazuri poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"226\"\u003e1989\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"267\"\u003eViolent Cop\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「その男、凶暴につき」, the landmark crime thriller directed by and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"354\"\u003eTakeshi Kitano\u003c\/strong\u003e, credited here as \u003cstrong data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"389\"\u003eBeat Takeshi\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「ビートたけし」.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"755\"\u003eThis poster is especially important because \u003cstrong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"496\"\u003eViolent Cop marked Kitano’s directorial debut\u003c\/strong\u003e, transforming him from one of Japan’s best-known television comedians into one of the most distinctive filmmakers of modern Japanese cinema. The stark, minimalist design perfectly reflects the film’s cold violence, deadpan atmosphere, and emotional severity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"1112\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"776\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"779\"\u003eReleased in \u003cstrong data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"799\"\u003e1989\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"816\"\u003eViolent Cop\u003c\/strong\u003e follows detective \u003cstrong data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"844\"\u003eAzuma\u003c\/strong\u003e, a brutal and unpredictable police officer whose methods are closer to vigilantism than standard procedure. As he pursues a drug-related yakuza network and is drawn into personal tragedy, the film becomes a bleak study of violence, corruption, isolation, and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1114\" data-end=\"1610\"\u003eThe film was originally planned with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1169\"\u003eKinji Fukasaku\u003c\/strong\u003e attached to direct, but after Fukasaku departed, Kitano stepped into the director’s role. The result was a decisive turning point in his career. Rather than a conventional action vehicle, Kitano created a spare, hard-edged, psychologically detached crime film that established many of the qualities that would define his later work: silence, sudden violence, static compositions, emotional repression, and a dry, fatalistic sense of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1872\"\u003eThe cast includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1646\"\u003eBeat Takeshi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1666\"\u003eMaiko Kawakami\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1668\" data-end=\"1682\"\u003eShirō Sano\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1699\"\u003eHakuryū\u003c\/strong\u003e. Today, the film is regarded as the beginning of Kitano’s career as a major auteur, paving the way for later works such as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1835\"\u003eSonatine\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1848\"\u003eHana-bi\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1854\" data-end=\"1871\"\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2228\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"1891\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1891\" data-end=\"1894\"\u003eThis B3 nakazuri poster uses an exceptionally bold and restrained design. The right side is dominated by a large black-and-white photographic portrait of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2048\" data-end=\"2064\"\u003eBeat Takeshi\u003c\/strong\u003e, staring directly outward with a severe, unreadable expression. The image is stark, frontal, and confrontational, perfectly matching the film’s unsentimental tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2427\"\u003eOn the left, the title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2253\" data-end=\"2268\"\u003e「その男、凶暴につき」\u003c\/strong\u003e is set in enormous white characters within a heavy black rectangular field. 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It is a superb example of late-1980s Japanese crime-film promotion and a powerful visual document of Kitano’s first step into directing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2847\" data-end=\"3154\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2847\" data-end=\"2862\"\u003eFormat note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2862\" data-end=\"2865\"\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2875\" data-end=\"2904\"\u003eB3 nakazuri-format poster\u003c\/strong\u003e, the horizontal style commonly used for Japanese train-interior and transit advertising. 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