拳銃残酷物語 (Cruel Gun Story) 1964 Ages 18+

‘Jô Shishido, the chubby-cheeked superstar of Japanese noir, toplines the crown jewel from Nikkatsu, the studio responsible for the country's best crime films. Smart-mouthed Togawa (Shishido), contentedly doing time for taking vengeance on the man who paralysed his sister, is sprung from jail by a gangster who wants him to boost 120-million yen from an armoured car following the Japan Derby. Only his benefactor isn't telling Togawa everything. The title doesn't lie: there's cruelty and guns galore and a finish that's almost apocalyptic.’ Noir City Film Festival

35MM, BLACK AND WHITE, MONO, 97 MINUTES, JAPAN, JAPANESE (LIVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR: TAKUMI FURUKAWA / SCRIPT: HARUHIKO ÔYABU, HISATAKA KAI / CINEMATOGRAPHER: SABURÔ ISAYAMA / EDITOR: MASANORI TSUJII / CAST: JÔ SHISHIDO, CHIEKO MATSUBARA, TAMIO KAWAJI / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: NIKKATSU