Odoru daisosasen (1998)

Director:

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Writer:

Ryoichi Kimizuka (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 1998 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Wangan-sho shijo saiaku no 3-kakan!

Plot:

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Golf Ball | Investigation | Police Precinct | Kidnapping

Awards:

6 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Yuji Oda	...	Shunsaku Aoshima
Toshirô Yanagiba	...	Shinji Muroi
Eri Fukatsu	...	Sumire Onda
Miki Mizuno	...	Yukino Kashiwagi
Chosuke Ikariya	...	Heihachiro Waku
Soichiro Kitamura	...	Wangan Police Station chief Kanda
Takehiko Ono	...	Kengo Hakamada
Kyôko Koizumi	...	Manami Hyuga
Kenta Satoi	...	Jiro Uozumi
Yusuke Santamaria	...	Masayoshi Mashita
Toshio Kakei	...	Kentaro Shinjo
Daisuke Ryu	...	Ohbayashi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shigeru Kôyama	...	Tokyo Metropolitan Police Station vice-chief Toshiaki Yoshida
Kinzoh Sakura	...	Kachidoki Police Station detective
Kanji Tsuda
Hajime Yamazaki

Also Known As:

Bayside Shakedown (Japan: English title)
Odoru daisosasen: The Movie (Japan) (promotional title)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Movie Connections:

Follows "Odoru daisosasen" (1997)

Humor, humor, humor, and then "Bang," edge-of-your-seat drama.

I am not a fan of police movies but this one won me over. I found it to have the perfect blend of humor and drama. The multiple plots of kidnapping, murder, and a thief within the police's very own station were all handled smoothly by an excellent group of actors. In a way it reminds me of the movie M*A*S*H in that there is humor, humor, humor, and then "Bang," edge-of-your-seat drama and tension. (This review is in regard to the dvd version with English subtitles.) I've watched this movie a dozen times now and each time I notice something extra, things that are funny or odd taking place in the background. The movie was easy to follow despite me having never seen the TV series. You will enjoy this film.