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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (探偵事務所23 くたばれ悪党ども, Tantei Jimusho 23: Kutabare Akutōdomo, aka Detective Bureau 23: Down with the Wicked) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki in the vein of the Nikkatsu Studio's "borderless action cinema."
With Jô Shishido, Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sasamori, Nobuo Kaneko. Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.
- (991)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Seijun Suzuki
- 1963-01-27
Kotoe Hatsui. Irie. Nobuo Kaneko. Inspector Kumagai. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Police detective Tajima turns an underworld grudge into a...
- (9)
- Seijun Suzuki
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Jo Shishido
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
- Nozomu Yanase
- 8
- Jō Shishido
- 89 min
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Seijun Suzuki's DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS follows police detective Tajima (Shishido), who, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a bloodbath. Suzuki transforms a colorful potboiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.
An ultra-stylish, rapid-fire yakuza thriller, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! plays almost like an anarchic parody of the genre, from its eye-popping colours, wild comedy and even a bloody musical number.
