Plano, TX – July 24, 2023 – In a city plagued with poverty and crime, a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor by eliminating opponents from the rival mafia. A former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released to head a special task force to arrest him in the action-adventure crime thriller “Bad City,” hitting Digital Exclusively August 1st, before exploding on Blu-ray™ and DVD September 19th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The sophomore effort from director Kensuke Sonomura (“Hydra”), “Bad City” stars legendary Japanese actor Hitoshi Ozawa (Takeshi Kitano’s “Boiling Point,” Takashi Miike’s “Dead or Alive”), Akane Sakanoue (“Alice in Borderland,” “Ultraman X”), Masanori Mimoto (“Enter The Fat Dragon,” “Hydra,” Takashi Miike’s “Yakuza Apocalypse”), Lily Franky (Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Academy Award®-nominated “Shoplifters”), and Tak Sakaguchi (“Versus,” “Death Trance,” “Prisoners Of The Ghostland”).
SYNOPSIS
Long plagued by poverty and crime, Kaiko City has been torn apart by rampant corruption and growing violence between the local Yakuza faction and a notorious Korean crime boss. But when a mafia-connected businessman runs for mayor and begins systematically eliminating his opponents, a former police captain imprisoned for a brutal murder is released in a final desperate effort to reclaim the city.
“Bad City” has a runtime of approximately 119 minutes and is not rated.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Available on Digital August 1st, and on Blu-ray™ and DVD September 19th
