Karate Cop (1982)
A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Director:
Yūsuke Watanabe
Writers:
Tetsuya Takeda, Yūsuke Watanabe.
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Tetsuya Takeda as Hajime Katayama |
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Hisayo Ariga as Hisako |
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Kirin Kiki as Sumi Yashiro |
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Toshiyuki Nishida as Scam Artist |
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Noboru Nakaya as Investigative Chief |
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Akiji Kobayashi as Asst Chief Fuji |
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Shinichirō Mikami as Detective Tazawa |
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Fujita Okamoto as Detective Sawaki |
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Kunie Tanaka as Neighbor |
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Ken Takakura as Detective Mikami |
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Sakae Umezu as Counselor Tanaka |
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Kōjirō Kusanagi as Mr. Akiyoshi |
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Sabu Kawahara as Shinkichi Mikimoto |
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Akira Hamada as Chief of Investigation in Hakata |
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平松慎吾 as Tanaka's Co-worker |
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Aya Fujieda as Hanako |
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Tomoko Udagawa as Himeko |
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Kotoe Hatsui as Apartment Superintendent |
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Midori Hiro as Katayama's Birth Mother |
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Yûko Asuka as Victim |
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Mariko Endo as Hostage |
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Shigeru Muroi as Bar Waitress |
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Tetsuo Morishita as |
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Daisuke Iijima as |
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Akihiro Shimizu as |
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Akinobu Kamebuchi as |
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Tokue Hanazawa as Kudo |
| Writing | Tetsuya Takeda | Screenplay |
| Production | Kazuo Kuroi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Yūsuke Watanabe | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yukio Yada | Director of Photography |
| Art | Naomi Akimori | Art Direction |
| Production | Hiroshi Fujikura | Producer |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Tetsuya Takeda | Original Story |
| Sound | Tsutomu Honda | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Yūsuke Watanabe | Director |
| Directing | Rokuro Sugimura | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hiroshi Misaka | Music Producer |
| Sound | Nozomi Aoki | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nobuo Ogawa | Editor |
| Production | Terumi Kuroki | Producer |