Bad City

6.9

2022

118 mins

ActionCrime

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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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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American Yakuza

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Sex and Fury

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