The Silent Gun

1967 1h 25m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jiro Tamiya
Daisuke Kamoi
Shigeru Amachi
Junta Kimura
Takuya Fujioka
Tsune-san
Michiko Sugata
Ritsuko Nakazawa
Sumiko Sakamoto
Tamako Tamamura
Yūko Hamada
Yumiko Tachikawa
Masako Akeboshi
Aoyama
Yasushi Nagata
Michihiko Nakazawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshio Inoue
Writers: Giichi Fujimoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Inu Series Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yoshio Inoue, shot by Nobuo Munekawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tadashi Yamanouchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tatsuji Nakashizu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jiro Tamiya and Shigeru Amachi and Takuya Fujioka carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yoshio Inoue directs. Nobuo Munekawa behind the camera. Tadashi Yamanouchi scores. Tatsuji Nakashizu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Inu Series Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Yoshio Inoue, shot by Nobuo Munekawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tadashi Yamanouchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Tatsuji Nakashizu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jiro Tamiya and Shigeru Amachi and Takuya Fujioka carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0328431 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.