Cruel Gun Story
Seen it?1964 | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Sexy Beast, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 27 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1964: an older pace and style.
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takumi Furukawa
- Joe ShishidoTogawa
- Chieko MatsubaraRie
- Tamio KawachiTakizawa
- Yuji OdakaShirai
- Minako KozukiKeiko
- Shōbun InoueOkada
- Zenji Yamada
- Yuzo Kiura
- Kōichi Uenoyama
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiMatsumoto