Cruel Gun Story

Cruel Gun Story
Directed byTakumi Furukawa
Written byHaruhiko Oyabu
Hisataka Kai
StarringJoe Shishido
Chieko Matsubara
Tamio Kawaji
Yuji Odaka
Minako Kazuki
Hiroshi Nihonyanagi
Yasukiyo Umeno
Shōbun Inoue
Kojiro Kusanagi
Release date
  • 1 February 1964 (1964-02-01)
Running time
87 min
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[4]

  1. ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第十五章暴力と感傷の融合-宍戸錠、ハードボイルドの深みへ p.372-406 ハードボイルドの核心へ向って-「地獄の祭典」「拳銃残酷物語」他 ISBN 4624710878
  2. ^ "拳銃残酷物語". Nikkatsu.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "拳銃残酷物語". Kinenote.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir". Criterion.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.