A Colt Is My Passport
| A Colt Is My Passport | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Takashi Nomura |
| Written by |
Shūichi Nagahara Nobuo Yamada Shinji Fujiwara (Novel) |
| Starring |
Joe Shishido Jerry Fujio Chitose Kobayashi Ryōtarō Sugi |
| Music by | Harumi Ibe |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date | February 4, 1967 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A Colt Is My Passport (拳銃は俺のパスポート Koruto wa Ore no Pasupōto) is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Nomura for the Nikkatsu Corporation.
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, Take Aim at the Police Van, and Cruel Gun Story.[1]
Synopsis
It stars Joe Shishido as a hitman who, along with his sidekick played by Jerry Fujio, is hired by the yakuza to eliminate a rival gang's boss. The two are captured after the job, escape and are waylaid once again resulting in a climatic battle. The film was among Shishido's first starring roles, cementing him as a hardboiled action hero, and remains a personal favourite of the 170 films he made at Nikkatsu.[2]
Cast
- Joe Shishido as Shuji Kamimura
- Jerry Fujio as Shun Shiozaki
- Chitose Kobayashi as Mina
- Shoki Fukae as Funaki
- Hideaki Esumi as Senzaki
- Jun Hongo as Kaneko
- Akio Miyabe as Miyoshi
- Toyoko Takechi as Otatsu
- Zenji Yamada as barge captain
- Kanjuro Arashi as Shimazu
- Ryōtarō Sugi as Shimazu's successor
- Kojiro Kusanagi as hitman
- Takamaru Sasaki as Otawara
- Asao Uchida as Tsugawa
- Zeko Nakamura as apartment receptionist
References
- ↑ "Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (2007). No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema. Fab Press. pp. 79, 96. ISBN 978-1-903254-43-1. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
External links
- A Colt Is My Passport on IMDb
- A Colt Is My Passport at AllMovie
- A Colt Is My Passport (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database