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Bayside Shakedown

1998 · 119 min

A busy, wry workplace comedy that juggles office politics and a kidnapping with a light, humane touch.

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Overview
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

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Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • power
  • loyalty
  • crime
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Bayside Shakedown Collection

  1. Bayside ShakedownMovie · 1998 This title
  2. Bayside Shakedown 2Movie · 2003
  3. Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys LooseMovie · 2010

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Genres
comedy, drama, crime
Directed by
Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written by
Ryôichi Kimizuka
Starring
Yuji Oda, Toshiro Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno, Yusuke Santamaria, Kobayashi Susumu, Kenta Satoi, Soichiro Kitamura
Music
Akihiko Matsumoto
Cinematography
Osamu Fujiishi
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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