Japan Synopsis
バッドシティ
Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
Audience Engagement
73 audience reviews — more than 71% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity (97th percentile) outruns review volume (71th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Bad City. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Crime in Japan
188 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Bad City itself).
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
Bad City holds position #264 of 389 Japan films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bad City premiered alongside 131 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 131 other Japan films in 2022.
The 4429th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,338 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #934 of 1,714 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Rights Cube, ソリッドフィーチャー, Shibuya Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | July 5, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt21243618 |