The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993, Japanese. Directed by Yojiro Takita.
A lone-wolf detective known as "The Shark" must navigate hostile territory within both the criminal underworld and his own corrupt department to hunt down a ruthless serial cop-killer in the streets of Shinjuku. Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yojiro TakitaDirector
- Hiroyuki SanadaTakashi Samejima
- Minako TanakaAkira
- Hideo MurotaSection Chief Momoi
- Eiji OkudaKaname Kizu
- Shigeru YazakiBush
- Masayuki ImaiSuperintendent Koda
- Yasuhiro AraiYoshikawa
- Tadanobu AsanoKoichi Sunagami
- Takashi MatsuoEd
- Tadao NakamaruSuperintendent Fujimaru
- Sansei ShiomiNishio
- Kimiko YoSuzuki
Details
- Released
- 8 October 1993
- Original title
- 眠らない街 新宿鮫
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Haruhiko Arai
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993) was directed by Yojiro Takita and stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Minako Tanaka, Hideo Murota.