Cruel Gun Story
| Cruel Gun Story | |
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| Directed by | Takumi Furukawa |
| Written by | Haruhiko Oyabu Hisataka Kai |
| Starring | Joe Shishido Chieko Matsubara Tamio Kawaji Yuji Odaka Minako Kazuki Hiroshi Nihonyanagi Yasukiyo Umeno Shōbun Inoue Kojiro Kusanagi |
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Running time | 87 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cruel Gun Story (拳銃残酷物語, Kenjū zankoku monogatari) is a 1964 Japanese heist film directed by Takumi Furukawa.
This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu studio's Noir films as part of The Criterion Collection, also including I Am Waiting, Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, and A Colt Is My Passport.
In the film, a yakuza boss arranges the prison release of an experienced bank robber. The former convict is asked to lead the team needed to rob an armored truck. Following the heist, the leader is betrayed by the crime boss and his main partner in crime is fatally injured. In retaliation, the leader wants to kidnap the son of the crime boss.