Offbeat Cops
UCHIDA Eiji 内田 英治
異動辞令は音楽隊!
Idōjirei ha ongakutai!

Japan
2022
119
Colour
English
subtitles

Detective Naruse (played by star actor ABE Hiroshi) is as dedicated as can be, but he does not always play by the book. After being strict with his juniors and scoffing at his superiors one time too many, he is transferred to the police brass band. Director UCHIDA Eiji does his own take on the well-tried ‘from zero to hero’ genre, in what has been called the feel-good movie of the year.

Rechercheur Naruse (gespeeld door steracteur ABE Hiroshi) is fanatiek toegewijd aan zijn baan, maar werkt niet altijd volgens het boekje. Hij is te vaak te streng voor zijn ondergeschikten en spot te veel met zijn superieuren, totdat de maat vol is en hij wordt overgeplaatst naar het fanfarekorps van de politie. Regisseur UCHIDA Eiji geeft zijn eigen draai aan het beproefde ‘zero to hero genre’, in wat door velen de ‘feelgoodfilm van het jaar’ is genoemd.

UCHIDA Eiji 内田英治 was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before joining the film industry, he worked as a reporter for Playboy Japan. Uchida had smash hits at the Japanese box office with his low budget features Lowlife Love and Love and Other Cults, which were also screened at over fifty film festivals internationally (including CAMERA JAPAN). Subsequently he wrote and directed episodes for the first season of the internationally acclaimed Netflix series The Naked Director. In 2020, Midnight Swan won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Picture.

2022 – Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊!
2021 – Shrieking in the Rain 雨に叫べば
2020 – Midnight Swan ミッドナイトスワン
2017 – Love for Sale 身体を売ったらサヨウナラ
2017 – Love and Other Cults 獣道 (CJ 2017)
2016 – Lowlife Love 下衆の愛 (CJ 2016)
2014 – Dead Banging メタルカ -METALCA-
2013 – Greatful Dead グレイトフルデッド (CJ 2014)
2007 – Topless トップレス