Ironfinger

1965 Japanese film
Ironfinger
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji100発100中
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnHyappatsu Hyakuchu
Directed byJun Fukuda
Written byMichio Tsuzuki
Kihachi Okamoto
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka
Kenichiro Tsunoda
Starring
CinematographyShinsaku Uno
Edited byRyohei Fujii
Music byMasaru Sato
Production
company
Toho
Distributed byToho
Release dates
  • December 5, 1965 (1965-12-05) (Japan)
  • November 9, 1966 (1966-11-09) (France)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Ironfinger (100発100中, Hyappatsu Hyakuchu, lit. '100 Shot, 100 Killed')[1] is a 1965 Japanese action comedy film[2] directed by Jun Fukuda.[3] A parody of James Bond-style spy movies,[4][3] the film stars Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, and Ichirō Arishima. In the film, an ordinary vacationer is assigned to a dead Interpol agent's mission and caught between rival gangs that are squabbling over a shipment of arms.[3]

Cast

Source:[2]

  • Akira Takarada as Andrew Hoshino
  • Mie Hama as Yumi Sawada
  • Ichirō Arishima as Detective Tezuka
  • Akihiko Hirata as Komori
  • Sachio Sakai as Akatsuki Yuzurukai
  • Mike Daneen as Hubert Lebois
  • Jun Tatara as Kishōrei
  • Toru Ibuki as Matsuki
  • Chôtarô Tôgin as Ken
  • Naoya Kusakawa as Takeshi Aonuma
  • Andrew Hughes as Boss Stonferer
  • Haruo Nakajima as Detective (uncredited)
  • Masaaki Tachibana as Detective (uncredited)
  • Susumu Kurobe as Man in sunglasses

Release

Ironfinger was released in Japan by Toho on December 5, 1965 on a double feature with A Smell of Money (馬鹿と鋏, Baka to hasami).[2][5][6][7] It was released in France on November 9, 1966 under the title Chasseur d'espions.[8]

References

  1. ^ Blakeslee, David (2016-04-03). "Criterion Reflections - Golden Eyes (1968) - Hulu". CriterionCast. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c "100発100中（1965） : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. ^ a b c Pulp, Talking (2021-02-18). "Film Review: Ironfinger (1965)". Talking Pulp. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. ^ "Samurai and Japanese Movies DVD Store : IRONFINGER 1 (1965) - REMASTERED". www.vendio.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ^ "馬鹿と鋏 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  6. ^ allcinema, 映画 １００発１００中 (1965)について 映画データベース - allcinema (in Japanese), retrieved 2021-10-03
  7. ^ "１００発１００中". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  8. ^ "Chasseur d'espions". Encyclocine. Retrieved 2021-10-03.

External links

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Selected films directed by Jun Fukuda
1950s
  • Osorubeki hi asobi (1959)
1960s
  • The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
  • Ankokugai gekimetsu meirei (1961)
  • Arigataya sandogasa (1961)
  • Nakito gozansu (1961)
  • Nasake muyo no wana (1961)
  • Hoero datsugokushu (1961)
  • Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
  • Nihon ichi no wakadaisho (1962)
  • Norainu sakusen (1963)
  • Hawai no wakadaishô (1963)
  • Nippon jitsuwa jidai (1963)
  • Chi to daiyamondo (1964)
  • Trap of Suicide Kilometer (1964)
  • Ironfinger (1965)
  • Honkon no shiroibara (1965)
  • Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen (1965)
  • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
  • Doto ichiman kairi (1966)
  • Son of Godzilla (1967)
  • Golden Eyes (1968)
  • Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daiboken (1969)
  • Dai Nippon suri washudan (1969)
  • Nyu jirando no wakadaisho (1969)
  • Furesshuman wakadaisho (1969)
1970s