Offbeat Cops

The film follows an overbearing loose-cannon detective (played with sublime command by the always terrific and charismatic Hiroshi Abe, now a 2022 Screen International Star Asia Awardee) who, after going full "Dirty Harry" one time too many, is handed a fate worse than the indignity of a firing: he is shunted off to the police band, in bad need of a drummer for its final concert. Humiliated, the rough and rugged cop barks up a blue streak, until he starts feeling the beat and hoping for a chance at redemption.