COLT IS MY PASSPORT, A (1967)

拳銃は俺のパスポート

A Colt Is My Passport follows solitary hitman Kamimura (Joe Shishido) after a routine contract collapses into betrayal. Branded expendable by his employers, he flees with only his gun, his personal code, and a woman inadvertently drawn into his escape- moving through desolate industrial zones toward an end that feels both inevitable and self-chosen.

Filmed in austere black-and-white, the film distils noir to its most elemental form: spare dialogue, rigorously controlled compositions, and bursts of sudden violence. Its cool minimalism—inflected with the influence of the spaghetti western, culminates in one of the most explosive finales in cinema history. A cornerstone of Nikkatsu’s action cycle and a career-defining performance from Joe Shishido.

Special Features 

• 1080p High Definition Presentation
• NEW audio commentary by author and filmmaker Jasper Sharp
• NEW video essay “A Colt Is My Passport and the Borderless Action Film” by film critic Derek Smith
• NEW video essay “The Neo-Noir Yakuza Cool of Shishido Jo” by Phillip Jeffries
• Booklet featuring a NEW essay by Japanese Cinema expert James Balmont
• NEW slipcover artwork by ' Poochamin プーチャミン' with UV/ Spot Gloss