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Takumi Furukawa, yakuza, Japanese noir, drama, English-subtitles. Language. Japanese. Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa (Branded to Kill’s rough-and-ready Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing a heist on an armored car carrying racetrack receipts.
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- Shadows of the Dark
Cruel Gun Story (拳銃残酷物語, Kenjū zankoku monogatari) is a 1964 Japanese heist 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.
Directed by Takumi Furukawa • 1964 • Japan Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa (Branded to Kill's rough-and-ready Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing a heist on an armored car carrying racetrack receipts.
Nov 10, 2016 · A #Noirvember review of Takumi Furukawa's "Cruel Gun Story" starring Joe Shishido
- 4 min
- 514
- Marya E. Gates
Cruel Gun Story: Directed by Takumi Furukawa. With Jô Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji, Yûji Odaka. A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist.
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- Action, Crime
- Takumi Furukawa
- 1964-02-01
Cruel Gun Story is 24151 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 23644 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Orion: The Man Who Would Be King but less popular than Gina Yashere: Skinny B*tch. Synopsis.