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Top Cast
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Tetsuya Takeda
Hajime Katayama
Hisayo Ariga
Hisako
Kirin Kiki
Sumi Yashiro
Toshiyuki Nishida
Scam Artist
Noboru Nakaya
Investigative Chief
Akiji Kobayashi
Asst Chief Fuji
Shinichirō Mikami
Detective Tazawa
Fujita Okamoto
Detective Sawaki
Kunie Tanaka
Neighbor
Ken Takakura
Detective Mikami
Sakae Umezu
Counselor Tanaka
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Mr. Akiyoshi
Sabu Kawahara
Shinkichi Mikimoto
Akira Hamada
Chief of Investigation in Hakata
平松慎吾
Tanaka's Co-worker
Aya Fujieda
Hanako
Tomoko Udagawa
Himeko
Kotoe Hatsui
Apartment Superintendent
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Yūsuke Watanabe
- Screenplay & Story
- Tetsuya Takeda, Yūsuke Watanabe
- Original Score
- Nozomi Aoki
- Original Title
- 刑事物語
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Production Studios
- Kinema-Junpo,Co.,Ltd.
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Yūsuke Watanabe
Tetsuya Takeda, Yūsuke Watanabe
Nozomi Aoki
Yukio Yada
Nobuo Ogawa
Kazuo Kuroi, Hiroshi Fujikura, Terumi Kuroki
Department Leadership Roster
Tetsuya Takeda
Screenplay
Yūsuke Watanabe
Screenplay
Yukio Yada
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Fujikura
Producer
Yūsuke Watanabe
Director
Nozomi Aoki
Original Music Composer
Nobuo Ogawa
Editor
Terumi Kuroki
Producer
Production Stills & Gallery
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Frequently Asked Questions About Karate Cop
Quick factual answers about cast, synopsis, director, box office, and release information.
What is Karate Cop about?
A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Who directed Karate Cop?
Karate Cop was directed by Yūsuke Watanabe.
Who stars in Karate Cop?
The principal cast of Karate Cop includes Tetsuya Takeda, Hisayo Ariga, Kirin Kiki, Toshiyuki Nishida, Noboru Nakaya.
When was Karate Cop released and how long is it?
Karate Cop was released in 1982 with a total runtime of 1h 49m.
Who composed the musical score for Karate Cop?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Karate Cop was composed by Nozomi Aoki.