Takashi Nomura's A Colt is My Passport is indicative of the crime noir films that were made in the 60s by the Nikkatsu Japanese film studio. These crime films were designed to compete with the American and French films that were taking the country by storm at the time. They were sleek, stylish, and devilishly entertaining. A Colt is My Passport follows two professional yakuza hitmen, one of whom is played by Nikkatsu superstar Joe Shishido, who are hired to assassinate a rival mob boss who has been elbowing in on other gang's territory. After successfully pulling off the hit, they are unable to flee the country and are forced to hide in a local truckers' hotel. They are captured after they try to flee the country on a ship. They discover, to their horror, that their boss has betrayed them, agreeing to have them killed in exchange for merging with the son of the man that they killed at the start of the film. So, they find themselves in a classical conundrum: honor or money? The film builds to a satisfying climatic shootout where everyone wins and everyone loses. It's a fine film, even though Joe Shishido's cheeks are so distracting that they should have gotten second billing.
7/10
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