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The Nikkatsu Company conceived Take Aim at the Police Van as a borderless action film, a studio subgenre with internationalized characters and setting. Contract director Seijun Suzuki had previously worked mainly on pop song films, a youth subgenre in which the films were built around an already popular song, and yakuza films with an occasional film noir bent. [2]
The opening sequence consists of a mash of images from metropolitan Tokyo, meant to condense the feeling of the city into one sequence. [11] The film opens in stylized black and white, which becomes vibrant color in all subsequent scenes. [9] This served to represent Tokyo post-1964 Summer Olympics. [11]
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The police follow Tajima's advice to direct all three gangs to a warehouse on the seafront and corner them. Having succeeded in crippling violent crime, Tajima returns his gun and fake ID to the police captain and takes his now-girlfriend away on holiday past and through a rebuilding boom-era Japan, bypassing the detective bureau.
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Nomura's use of still shots in the opening sequence has been compared to manga art techniques. [3] [4] 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. [5]