Violent Cop - 1989 - 6/10
AKA - Sono Otoko, Kyōbō ni Tsuki // その男、凶暴につき

Detective Azuma gets the job done.
If he breaks rules, busts heads, threatens suspects with a gun, superiors chastise him, then look the other way.
He is the attack dog on the force, until one beating too many crosses the line.
Even suspended, he is a menacing vigilante.
Early Takeshi Kitano film, his directorial debut, this still startles.
The rhythm of tension exploding into violence is more staccato paced in this than in later works.
Definitely a grubby, giddy joyride.