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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]
Rusty Knife (錆びたナイフ, Sabita naifu) is a 1958 action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. [2] Rusty Knife was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, made in order to compete with popular American and French films at the Japanese box office. [3]
Cruel Gun Story (拳銃残酷物語, Kenjū zankoku monogatari) is a 1964 Japanese heist film directed by Takumi Furukawa. [1] [2] [3]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.
The pair is pursued by the yakuza and police as they head for Manchuria. They are swindled of their money before they can reach their destination and take labor jobs on a tunnel project, falling in love with their new boss's sister-in-law and wife, respectively.
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She didn't appear in the first sequel to the movie, but did show up for Police Academy 3, 4, 5 and 6, as well as the 1994 movie (Police Academy: Mission to Moscow) and an episode of the 1997 TV ...
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