A Colt Is My Passport
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| Directed by | Takashi Nomura |
| Written by | Shūichi Nagahara Nobuo Yamada Shinji Fujiwara (Novel) |
| Starring |
Joe Shishido Jerry Fujio Chitose Kobayashi Ryōtarō Sugi |
| Music by | Harumi Ibe |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Release date
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February 4, 1967 |
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Running time
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84 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A Colt Is My Passport (拳銃は俺のパスポート Koruto wa Ore no Pasupōto) is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Nomura for the Nikkatsu Corporation.
This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection, also including I Am Waiting, Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, and Cruel Gun Story.
It stars Joe Shishido as a hitman who, along with his sidekick played by Jerry Fujio, is hired by the yakuza to eliminate a rival gang's boss. The two are captured after the job, escape and are waylaid once again resulting in a climatic battle. The film was among Shishido's first starring roles, cementing him as a hardboiled action hero, and remains a personal favourite of the 170 films he made at Nikkatsu.
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