Cruel Gun Story

Feb 1, 1964

1h 27m

★ 6.5

Overview

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?

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cruel Gun Story Trailers

Cast

Togawa

Joe Shishido

Rie

Chieko Matsubara

Takizawa

Tamio Kawachi

Shirai

Yuji Odaka

Keiko

Minako Kozuki

Okada

Shōbun Inoue

Zenji Yamada

Yuzo Kiura

Kōichi Uenoyama

Matsumoto

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Kondo

Hiroshi Kondō

Saeki

Saburo Hiromatsu

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