The Laughing Policeman

A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.

Cast

Nao Omori

as Koichi Saeki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

as Yuri Kojima

Hiroyuki Miyasako

as Suguru Tsukui

Shugo Oshinari

as Masaki Shingu

Yukijiro Hotaru

as Tatsuo Uemura

Eugene Nomura

as Mitsuyoshi Machida

Meiken Itô

as Takashi Iwai

Kohei Otomo

as Yasuda

Kenichi Yajima

as Tadao Asano

Takeshi Kaga

as Masazumi Ishioka

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