Cruel Gun Story (1964)
1h 27m
Running Time
February 1, 1964Release Date
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
1h 27m
Running Time
February 1, 1964Release Date
Plot.
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
Where to Watch.
Subs
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jō Shishido
Joji Togawa
Chieko Matsubara
Rie
Tamio Kawachi
Takizawa
Minako Kozuki
Keiko
Yuji Odaka
Shirai
Akifumi Inoue
Okada
Minako Katsuki
Keiko
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Matsumoto
Hiroshi Kondō
Kondo
Shōbun Inoue
Yasuji Okada
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Teramoto
Saburo Hiromatsu
Saeki
Takumi Furukawa
Director
Haruhiko Oyabu
Writer
Junichi Yamanobe
Yanagida
Hisataka Kai
Writer
Masayoshi Ikeda
Composer
Saburō Isayama
Cinematographer
Masanori Tsujii
Editor
Toshiyuki Matsui
Art Direction
Kikuo Sakaguchi
Assistant Director
Midori Mori
Kasumi Motegi
Yōko Yokota
Setsuko Watanabe
Yoshihiko Tabata
Shirô Oshimi
Koichi Sasaki
Kyosuke Aihara
Jun Miyazaki
Zenji Yamada
Jirô Horisaki
Yasukiyo Umeno
Kōtarō Sugie
Kōichi Uenoyama
Yuzo Kiura
Kōji Yashiro
Masaru Kamiyama
Shuntaro Tamamura
Gō Kuroda
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1964
Original Name拳銃残酷物語
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Genres
Wiki.
Cruel Gun Story (拳銃残酷物語, Kenjū zankoku monogatari) is a 1964 Japanese action film directed by Takumi Furukawa.This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu studio's Noir films as part of The Criterion Collection, also including I Am Waiting, Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, and A Colt Is My Passport.