From Japanese master of horror Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer), Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo has received its first poster from Japan.
The action thriller is a standalone sequel to Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film Bad Lieutenant, which was succeeded by Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans in 2009.
Shun Oguri (Godzilla vs. Kong) and Lily James (Baby Driver) star alongside WWE superstar Liv Morgan, Shotaro Mamiya, Shūhei Nomura, Nanase Nishino, and Yuka Mukai.
It follows the Bad Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (James) arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician’s daughter (Morgan).
Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.
Daisuke Tengan (Audition, 13 Assassins) penned the script.
Sam Pressman, son of Bad Lieutenant producer Edward R. Pressman, produces via Pressman Film along with Jeremy Thomas for Recorded Picture Company, Naoaki Kitajima for Nippon Television, and Misako Saka for OLM.
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo is due out in the US later this year from Neon.
