A Colt Is My Passport

Name: A Colt Is My Passport
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1967-02-04
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 7.50
Cast: Ryôtarô Sugi, Chitose Kobayashi, Jerry Fujio, Jô Shishido

– One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Pass..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.50 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 24 Minutes

Release Year:

1967

Original Name:

拳銃は俺のパスポート

One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.

Styles:

Tense, Rough, Exciting, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan, Asia

Genre:

Crime, Action

Editor's Pick for:

Boys' night

Release Date:

04 Feb 1967

Language:

Japanese

Directed by:

Takashi Nomura

Story Written By:

Hideichi Nagahara, Shinji Fujiwara, Nobuo Yamada

Main Actors:

Ryôtarô Sugi, Chitose Kobayashi, Jerry Fujio, Jô Shishido

Plot:

The melancholy, homely Kamimura is a hit man who takes a job to kill a mob boss who's gotten greedy. The rival gang lord who hires Kamimura and his driver Shun pays them and sets them up in a hotel for a night while arranging safe passage on a ship. The son of the dead man comes to his rival and offers a partnership and cash in exchange for Kamimura's death. The boss considers his choice: morals or money? A maid at the hotel tries to aid the escape of Kamimura and Shun. As the two gangs close in, Kamimura chooses honor. Will his stoicism be his shroud?

Production Company:

Nikkatsu

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.5/10