Ironfinger (1965)

A Japanese-Frenchman on vacation is caught up in a criminal conspiracy along with a female bomb expert and a bumbling Detective.

Director:

Jun Fukuda

Writers:

Michio Tsuzuki (screenplay), Kihachi Okamoto (screenplay)

Stars:

Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Ichirô Arishima

Cast

Cast overview:
Akira Takarada	...	Andrew Hoshino
Mie Hama	...	Yumi Sawada
Ichirô Arishima	...	Detective Tezuka
Jun Tatara
Akihiko Hirata	...	Komori
Sachio Sakai
Susumu Kurobe	...	Man of sunglasses
Tôru Ibuki	...	Matsuki
Chôtarô Tôgin	...	Ken
Naoya Kusakawa	...	Takeshi Aonuma
Kôji Iwamoto
Mike Daneen

Storyline

A Japanese-Frenchman on vacation is caught up in a criminal conspiracy along with a female bomb expert and a bumbling Detective.

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Plot Keywords:

asiaspy | asian spy | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Akira Takarada & Akihiko Hirata Co-starts DNA's were major characters in the original Godzilla movie.

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Connections

Followed by Hyappatsu hyakuchû: Ôgon no me (1968)

User Reviews

The Japanese Response to Goldfinger

This film begins with an international agent by the name of "Andrew Hoshino" (Akira Takawada) traveling to several countries in the Far East in an effort to locate and eradicate the leader of a gun-smuggling operation in Japan. While there he forms an unlikely alliance with a freelance bomb expert named "Yumi Sawada" (Mie Hama) who sells her expertise to the highest bidder. In this particular case, she just happens to be working for one specific Japanese clan who is at war with another. Also teaming up with him is a Japanese detective by the name of "Tezuka" (Ichiro Arishima) who wants to stop the carnage at all costs. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an interesting "James Bond" type of film which had much more humor than I initially expected. The plot also featured a number of twists and turns which helped to a certain extent as well. In any case, I enjoyed this film for the most part and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 December 1965 (Japan)

Also Known As:

100 Shot, 100 Killed

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)