Massacre Gun
| Massacre Gun | |
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| Directed by | Yasuharu Hasebe |
| Written by |
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| Starring |
Joe Shishido Tatsuya Fuji Jirō Okazaki |
| Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Cinematography | Kazue Nagatsuka[1] |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Massacre Gun (みな殺しの拳銃 Minagoroshi no kenjū) is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe.[2]
Cast
- Joe Shishido as Ryûichi Kuroda
- Tatsuya Fuji as Eiji Kuroda
- Jirō Okazaki as Saburo Kuroda
- Hideaki Nitani as Shirasaka
- Tamaki Sawa as Shino
- Yoko Yamamoto as Aiko
- Takashi Kanda as Akazawa
- Ken Sanders as Chico
- Ryoji Hayama as Midorikawa
Production
Massacre Gunn was written by veteran studio screenwriter Ryûzô Nakanishi and credited to him and Takashii Fujii.[3] Fujii was a pseudonym for director Yasuharu Hasebe.[3]
Release
Massacre Gun was released theatrically in Japan on September 6, 1967.[4] The film has receive retrospective release at film festivals, such as the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival where the film received its North American premiere.[5]
Massacre Gun was released on DVD and blu-ray by Arrow Video on April 6, 2015.[6]
Reception
PopMatters gave Massacre Gun a five out of ten rating, noting that the film's story was "as formulaic as possible" and that the film was " all very stylish, and that’s what director Yasuharu Hasebe offers to make the predictable story at least worth looking at."[7] In Video Librarian, a review noted that the film contains "stylish set pieces that don't make much sense but look great" and that Massacre Gun "is a film where style is the substance, an entertaining Japanese gangster noir that will likely be appreciated by fans of Quentin Tarantino."[8]
See also
References
- 1 2 Credits (booklet). Arrow Films. 2013. p. 3. FCD1076.
- ↑ "Slaughter Gun". Hong Kong Asian Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- 1 2 Sharp, Jasper (2013). Colour Me Blood Red (booklet). Arrow Films. p. 14. FCD1076.
- ↑ Sharp, Jasper (2013). Colour Me Blood Red (booklet). Arrow Films. p. 8. FCD1076.
- ↑ Walkow, Marc. "Massacre Gun". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Massacre Gun". Arrow Video. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ↑ Barrett, Michael (May 13, 2015). "Yakuza Formula Plus Cool Style Equals 'Massacre Gun". PopMatters. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ Axmaker, S. (2014). "Massacre Gun". Video Librarian. Vol. 30 no. 4. p. 42. ISSN 0887-6851.
External links
- Massacre Gun at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
- Massacre Gun at the Internet Movie Database