The Laughing Policeman

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The Laughing Policeman

2009

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Crime

Mystery

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Overview

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

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13 members

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大森南朋

Koichi Saeki

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松雪泰子

Yuri Kojima

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宮迫博之

Suguru Tsukui

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忍成修吾

Masaki Shingu

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螢雪次朗

Tatsuo Uemura

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野村祐人

Mitsuyoshi Machida

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伊藤明賢

Takashi Iwai

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大友康平

Yasuda

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矢島健一

Tadao Asano

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鹿賀丈史

Masazumi Ishioka

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野口雅弘

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一本気伸吾

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是近敦之

Oomori

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