Hard Duty (2001)
Natsuo, a rookie detective and closeted gay man, secretly admires his calm and stoic senior, Kirino. During a late-night pursuit of a convenience-store thief, the two are overpowered and assaulted, leaving Natsuo shattered and disillusioned. While he begins to distance himself from Koide, the man he once connected with, Koide unexpectedly encounters Kirino at a bar, leading to a dangerous entanglement. As desire, betrayal, and trauma collide, the three officers are pulled into a dark triangle where love and danger blur—and finding a way out becomes increasingly uncertain.
Director:
Tarō Araki
Writer:
Yumi Yoshiyuki
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Masahiro Nishikawa as Natsuo |
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Mikio Sato as Kirino |
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Takao as Koide |
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Kōichi Imaizumi as |
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Masaru Endô as |
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Yukijiro Hotaru as Police captian |
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Tadashi Naitô as |
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Ayumu Tokitô as Woman in police custody |
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Hajime Ota as |
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Toshirō Enomoto as |
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Fuyuka Someya as |
| Directing | Tarō Araki | Director |
| Writing | Yumi Yoshiyuki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Shigeo Moriyama | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Directing | Jun Shimogaki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Makoto Matsuoka | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Issaku Maei | Director of Photography |
