Yakuza hitman Ryuichi Kuroda (Joe Shishido) is forced into executing his lover on the orders of Boss Azakawa (Takashi Kanda). His brother, aspiring boxer Saburo Kuroda (Jirō Okazaki) in a failed attempt to confront Azakawa, ends up having his fists broken and potential boxing career destroyed. Ryuichi decides to break away from Azakawa, and has his bar raided in retaliation. Ryuichi decides to takes over some of Azakawa's smaller businesses by force.
Azakawa decides to strike back by killing a pachinko arcade operator who willingly went over to the Kurodas and sending his body in a coffin, which also contains a bomb that Ryuichi defuses. Following this, Azakawa blackmails a bowling alley operator now answering to the Kurodas into luring Ryuichi and the middle brother, Eiji (Tatsuya Fuji) into an ambush which they promptly escape from. After Kuroda spares the operator's life, Azakawa switches tactics and kidnaps Saburo. Ryuichi attempts to negotiate for his release by visiting Azakawa's manor, but he has Eiji sneak in and kill the guards just before the handover. However, just before the escape, Eiji kills Azakawa for good measure.
Later, when Eiji attempts to sleep with Azakawa's mistress, he is caught and killed by Azakawa's gunmen now under control of Azakawa's successor Ryuichi's old mentor, Shirasaka (Hideaki Nitani). Ryuichi then decides to face down Shirasaka and challenges him to a final showdown at an under-construction highway. During the attack, Ryuichi whittles down Shirasaki's accompanying gunman before facing Shirasaki man-to-man. Both men end up killing each other in the resulting firefight, as the film ends on Saburo running towards the site of the duel.
Massacre Gun was written by veteran studio screenwriter Ryūzō Nakanishi and credited to him and Takashii Fujii.[3] Fujii was a pseudonym for director Yasuharu Hasebe.[3]
Releaseedit
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]
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]
massacre, みな殺しの拳銃, minagoroshi, kenjū, 1967, japanese, yakuza, film, directed, yasuharu, hasebe, directed, byyasuharu, hasebewritten, byyasuharu, hasebe, ryūzō, nakanishistarringjoe, shishido, tatsuya, fuji, jirō, okazakicinematographykazue, nagatsuka, music, . Massacre Gun みな殺しの拳銃 Minagoroshi no kenju is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe 2 Massacre GunDirected byYasuharu HasebeWritten byYasuharu Hasebe Ryuzō NakanishiStarringJoe Shishido Tatsuya Fuji Jirō OkazakiCinematographyKazue Nagatsuka 1 Music byNaozumi YamamotoDistributed byNikkatsuRelease dateSeptember 6 1967 1967 09 06 Running time89 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot editYakuza hitman Ryuichi Kuroda Joe Shishido is forced into executing his lover on the orders of Boss Azakawa Takashi Kanda His brother aspiring boxer Saburo Kuroda Jirō Okazaki in a failed attempt to confront Azakawa ends up having his fists broken and potential boxing career destroyed Ryuichi decides to break away from Azakawa and has his bar raided in retaliation Ryuichi decides to takes over some of Azakawa s smaller businesses by force Azakawa decides to strike back by killing a pachinko arcade operator who willingly went over to the Kurodas and sending his body in a coffin which also contains a bomb that Ryuichi defuses Following this Azakawa blackmails a bowling alley operator now answering to the Kurodas into luring Ryuichi and the middle brother Eiji Tatsuya Fuji into an ambush which they promptly escape from After Kuroda spares the operator s life Azakawa switches tactics and kidnaps Saburo Ryuichi attempts to negotiate for his release by visiting Azakawa s manor but he has Eiji sneak in and kill the guards just before the handover However just before the escape Eiji kills Azakawa for good measure Later when Eiji attempts to sleep with Azakawa s mistress he is caught and killed by Azakawa s gunmen now under control of Azakawa s successor Ryuichi s old mentor Shirasaka Hideaki Nitani Ryuichi then decides to face down Shirasaka and challenges him to a final showdown at an under construction highway During the attack Ryuichi whittles down Shirasaki s accompanying gunman before facing Shirasaki man to man Both men end up killing each other in the resulting firefight as the film ends on Saburo running towards the site of the duel Cast editJoe Shishido as Ryuichi 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 Jukei Fujioka as Kanayama Ryoji Hayama as Midorikawa 1 Production editMassacre Gun was written by veteran studio screenwriter Ryuzō Nakanishi and credited to him and Takashii Fujii 3 Fujii was a pseudonym for director Yasuharu Hasebe 3 Release editMassacre 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 editPopMatters 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 editTakeo Kimura filmographyReferences edit a b 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 a b 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 editMassacre Gun at the Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Massacre Gun at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Massacre Gun amp oldid 1190490522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
