Koruto wa ore no pasupoto

Yet another slam-bang noir-action film from Nikkatsu, but this one also infuses a strong spaghetti western influence (the score is absolutely going for Morricone) and has one of the coolest god damn endings ever. Shishido forever.

Takes the yakuza flick and blends it with equal parts noir and spaghetti western, resulting in a beautifully crafted, tightly plotted cat-and-mouse game. Shishido is as slick and cunning as James Bond and there's a lot of clever ruses and tense scenarios. Director Takashi Nomura manages to keep just about every shot interesting, culminating in a superb climax that could have come straight out of a Leone film. Very enjoyable.

The action scenes now seem rather comic, but there are good cinematography and some good dialogues, especially by Mina, like this one: "All that's left for me is dust, and the smell of men and gasoline."

What starts out as a gangster movie changes into something between film noir and western. The camerawork is great, the movie is very tight and fast paced and the final showdown is something I really didn't expect going in. Whole lot of fun to watch.

Easily the stand-out of a hugely disappointing Eclipse set.

Good old chipmunk face Shishido, not really the best face to hide out with. A really fun noir, from the minimalist opening to the various turns in the middle and the excellently crafted finale. Great use of music too, reminiscent of Spaghetti Westerns. It's all a wonderful stylish experience.

Feel pretty racist saying the Japanese title out loud

A Colt Is My Passport is pretty inconsistent, but when it hits the mark it needs to, it's pretty incomparable to anything else you've seen. Beautiful photography and a surprisingly engaging performance from Jo Shishido make this a must see if you're into weird chimeras of noir and spaghetti western.

Part spaghetti western, part yakuza film, all fantastic Jo Shishido (Shuji Kamimura). At times, the film moves a bit slow, but it comes together so well as it builds to a showdown in the end. Takashi Nomura's direction is another highlight of the film, especially his filming of the action sequences.

Made with a rigorous economical technique and sporting a short run time, this is a film that hits hard with no bullshit. Any flourishes in the action are kept to a minimum which forcefully strengthens their effect. Shishido was always a great choice for such roles and he pulls it off like a veteran.

Where do you get your ideas from Mr. Tarantino

All kinds of cool new-wave spaghetti-western Yakuza noir. Catch it on Filmstruck before the shutdown.

Cool movie stylistically; ludicrous movie plotwise.

A helluva lot of fun. An unsuspecting genre mixup of Japanese New Wave, crime noir, and spaghetti western - one of the main characters sings himself to sleep with a guitar. Nomura visually supports his theme - an uncompromising and isolating world for noble gangster Jo - through a slow and sly and ultimately masterful juxtaposition of closed spaces and open ones, like barren trash yards hiding an empty grave.

I don't think I'll ever age out of loving a good, solid crime flick. The plot is a bit silly, but it boasts some no-nonsense B&W cinematography and keeps it lean and mean at under 90 minutes. The score is particularly interesting, a unique blend of jazzy noir cues and spaghetti western elements.

fucking rocks

Uma mistura de western spaguetti com noir norte-americano seria um monumento da nouvelle vague japonesa se aquelas bochechas do Shishido não me incomodassem tanto, sério, mesmo nos filmes do Suzuki aquelas bochechas roubam a cena mais do que deveriam. DVD Versátil Cinema Yakuza Volume 3

The erratic pacing, Morricone-inspired score and Shishido's stoic hitman all work superbly, but despite being filmed with flair and awash with stylish touches, this low budget genre blend is less than a sum of its parts because its narrative and finale are so entirely unconvincing, reminiscent of the worst elements of French New Wave crime films.

Rock-solid bad-ass cool-guy shit. Michael Mann, Walter Hill and Quentin were watching this closely.

Contains some killer scenes, especially in the beginning and the finale where it practically becomes a spaghetti western. Cinematography is striking throughout and soundtrack is a classy homage to Morricone. This could have been a great film but IMO it lags too much in the middle, the characters are not that interesting and Shishido has been cooler elsewhere. Not a bad film by any means but a slight disappointment after the hype.

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seemed rather dull--both the characters, story and themes. This will bore modern action fans, and I don't think the filmmaking or ideas would work for cinephiles. (The score, among other things, suggests the film is going for a Spaghetti Western approach, but it doesn't really work on that level as well.) There is the conclusion which is novel, but not enough to save the film. The chipmunk cheeks of the lead was sort of distracting, too. (ps:71)