Cops vs. Thugs
Kinji FukasakuWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Night Flight Plus · Rent: Fandango At Home · Buy: Fandango At Home. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Bunta Sugawara 
Tatsuo Umemiya 
Hiroki Matsukata 
Mikio Narita 
Nobuo Kaneko 
Asao Sano
Credits
Written by: 
Kazuo Kasahara
Plot
When a lucrative waterfront development becomes available, the Kawade gang quickly use their political connections to secure the land. However, the acting boss of the Ohara gang also has his eyes on the property and recruits crooked detective Tokumatsu Kuno to help him hijack the deal.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kinji Fukasaku's Japanese crime film, Kenkei tai soshiki bōryoku, with Bunta Sugawara and Tetsuro Tamba, is raw, cynical and fast, about police corruption.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,121 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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