Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!
Japanese release poster
Directed by	Seijun Suzuki
Written by	Iwao Yamazaki Haruhiko Oyabu (novel)
Produced by	Shozo Ashida
Starring	Joe Shishido Reiko Sasamori Tamio Kawachi Nobuo Kaneko
Cinematography	Shigeyoshi Mine
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Harumi Ibe
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	27 January 1963 (1963-01-27)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども, Tantei Jimusho 23: Kutabare Akutōdomo, aka Detective Bureau 23: Down with the Wicked) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki in the vein of the Nikkatsu Studio's "borderless action cinema." It starred Joe Shishido as Hideo Tajima.

This was the first part of a series which ended after the second installment.^[1] That second film, Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women, with Shishido returning as Hideo Tajima, was directed by Nozomu Yanase and released later the same year (1963).