Take Aim at the Police Van
| Take Aim at the Police Van | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
| Produced by | Nikkatsu, Ryoji Motegi |
| Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa |
| Starring | Michitaro Mizushima |
| Music by | Koichi Kawabe |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
Release dates | 1960 |
Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Take Aim at the Police Van (その護送車を狙 Sono gosōsha o nerae: 'Jūsangō taihisen' yori) is a 1960 action Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki, part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, made to compete with popular American and French films in Japanese box offices.[1]
This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection, also including I Am Waiting, Rusty Knife, Cruel Gun Story, and A Colt Is My Passport.[2]
Cast
- Michitaro Mizushima as Daijiro Tamon
- Mari Shiraki as Tsunako Ando
- Misako Watanabe as Yuko Hamashima
- Shinsuke Ashida as Jube Hamashima
- Shoichi Ozawa as Goro Kashima
- Ryohei Uchida as Kuji
- Toru Abe as Akahori
- Tatsuo Matsushita as Takamura
- Saburo Hiromatsu as Ota
- Reiko Arai as Osen
- Toyo Fukuda as housewife
- Kotoe Hatsui as merchant's wife
- Hiroshi Osa as Yuhata
- Akira Hisamatsu as Masaki