A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers the set-up behind the killing - that a laboratory is being set up by a Nazi organization to capture and train talented youth and that the photographer was about to expose it.
Direction
Nishimura's breakneck genre mashup energy.
Production
Bargain-bin international espionage aesthetic.
Acting
Yūzō Kayama's reluctant gunslinger charisma.
Director
Kiyoshi Nishimura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's early '70s pivot toward international co-productions, chasing the global success of Bond and spaghetti westerns.
Chen Chen's presence signals Taiwanese investment — this was designed as pan-Asian market product with eyes on European distribution.
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