Bad City

You’re the disgraced ex-captain in a city drowning in debt and gunfire when the city’s new mayor starts calling in favors from every yakuza clan. A cell door creaks open and the paperwork feels like a death sentence. The camera pushes through steam and neon, catching the mayor’s lawyer lighting a cigarette in a backroom. The rain never stops here except once—just long enough for a knife to sink in.

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Kensuke Sonomura directed Bad City in 2022. See Kensuke Sonomura's full filmography, where to start with Kensuke Sonomura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kensuke Sonomura.

Bad City was released in 2022 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.