A Colt Is My Passport
拳銃は俺のパスポート
Japan • 1967
Director
Synopsis
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. Featuring an incredible, spaghetti-western-style soundtrack and brimming with formal experimentation, this is Nikkatsu at its finest.
Synopsis
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. Featuring an incredible, spaghetti-western-style soundtrack and brimming with formal experimentation, this is Nikkatsu at its finest.
Credits
Crew
DirectorTakashi Nomura
WriterNobuo Yamada, Hideichi Nagahara
CinematographerShigeyoshi Mine
ComposerHarumi Ibe
EditorAkira Suzuki
ProducerTakeo Yanagawa