
The Laughing Policeman
2009-11-14 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated
A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.
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- Directors
- Haruki Kadokawa
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- Countries
- Japan
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- Released
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Nao OmoriKoichi Saeki
Yasuko MatsuyukiYuri Kojima
Hiroyuki MiyasakoSuguru Tsukui
Shugo OshinariMasaki Shingu
Yukijiro HotaruTatsuo Uemura
Eugene NomuraMitsuyoshi Machida
Kohei OtomoYasuda
Kenichi YajimaTadao Asano
Takeshi KagaMasazumi Ishioka
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