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Amazing Must Watch Trailer for Takashi Miike’s ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’
“Sushi?! No. Tempura?! No.” This deserves instant acclaim as one of the best trailers of the year. Neon has revealed a full official Japanese trailer for the new Takashi Miike film titled Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo. This is premiering at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) this month – ready to rock the cinemas at the festival. This is the third installment in the Bad Lieutenant film series, and a standalone sequel to Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans from 2009. A gambling-addicted Tokyo cop and FBI agent search for a missing politician’s daughter, while a mysterious killer lurks in the criminal underworld following their every move. The latest from prolific maestro Takashi Miike – TIFF describes the film as “a sensational ride through the darkest crevasses of the criminal underworld.” Starring Lily James, Shun Oguri, and WWE wrestler Liv Morgan, with Shotaro Mamiya, Jun Kunimura, Hiroshi Tachi, and Nanase Nishino. Miike has been making series but is still on a roll churning out new films & series constantly every year. This trailer is hilarious! Featuring a special “Bad Lieutenant” song written for the movie that is used as the music in the trailer. Along with plenty of bonkers WTF shots that will make you want to watch this film right now.
Here’s the main Japanese trailer for Takashi Miike’s film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first teaser trailer for Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyofilm right here for more.
A disgraced Tokyo detective (Shun Oguri) spirals into a world of corruption, addiction, and violence as he becomes entangled in a twisted investigation involving a vengeful ex-Yakuza, an enigmatic FBI agent (Lily James), and a missing daughter of a powerful American family.Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, also known as バッド・ルーテナント：トウキョウ in Japanese, is directed by the iconic Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, director of films including Yakuza Apocalypse, Shield of Straw, Ace Attorney, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, 13 Assassins, Terra Formars, Blade of the Immortal, First Love, Lumberjack the Monster, Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors, Sham, and the Nyaight of the Living Cat series. The screenplay is written by Daisuke Tengan. It’s produced by Naoaki Kitajima, Sam Pressman, Misako Saka, Jeremy Thomas. Based on the original Bad Lieutenant film by Zoë Lund & Abel Ferrara. This is premiering at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival as a Special Presentation coming up this September. It’s also expected to open later in 2026 initially in Japan. Neon will debut in the US also sometime soon. Who’s intrigued so far?
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