The Rug Cop
2006 · 80 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 112 VOTES · DIR. Minoru Kawasaki
Overview
A spot-on, hilarious spoof of 1970s Japanese TV cop shows, THE RUG COP follows chrome-domed officer Genda as he transfers to a new precinct just as a group of radical terrorists hijack a shipment of uranium and deliver a ransom demand of five billion yen. Genda and his crack team of detectives must solve the case using their peculiar abilities: champion eater Detective Fatty, abnormally endowed Detective Big Dick, speedy weightlifter Detective Shorty, and ladies man Mr. Handsome. But most dangerous of all is the Rug Cop, whose projectile toupee proves lethal to wrongdoers! Kawasaki s unique comic genius and his love of vintage cop shows combine to produce a silly masterpiece that will have viewers truly believing in Rug Power!
Dialogue Timeline — 992 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:37 Listen!
00:04:12 GORO OHYAJI (DETECTIVE OLD MAN) MICHIHIKO HAMADA
00:06:54 And he screamed, “Hold on!”
00:09:30 Tonko, get me a cup of tea.
00:13:02 Can I touch it?
00:15:19 I like you, Ichiro—san.
00:19:29 You're a good person.
00:23:04 There's more than one suspect. What do they want?
00:25:45 The guy's a teacher, huh?
00:28:35 Hot Lip.”
00:32:02 This can't last fiorever
00:35:35 This is Investigation headquarters.
00:38:07 Come on. Be gentle.
00:41:49 Are you the one calling this number?
00:44:47 Now I realize how out of shape I am.
00:50:15 Isn't that you?
00:53:48 When you were a baby, you had a high fever one New Year's Eve.
00:57:28 Rug. Big Dick. Respond!
01:00:27 Is it possible that this wig remembers Detective Genda's scent?
01:04:21 His sweat! It stinks!
01:08:36 Mr. Rug, are you all right?
01:11:10 No, that's not the one!
01:14:57 It's true what they say
135:01:03 of this book, Cold Nuclear Fusion.