The Nikkatsu studio has a great material at their hands, something alike Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING, unfortunately some easy perceiving mismatches the whole thing falls apart, if the producers send it previously to a craftsman writer aiming for a better treatment on the lame screenplay the results should be far greater, just in early shooting process a keen eyes would see primary mistakes on key sequences and pinpointing changes required to avoid a damage on the offering.
Those glaring mismatches starting on detour sequence when the armored car still at sight the phony policeman already changes the fake barrier, allowing to driver realizes what's going on or when two suitcases are open a brand new money bills appears coming from the lowest bets of hippodrome where everybody dealing with small used bills mostly, so where coming from those brand new money anyway? Well someone's skipping their cinema classes.
Worst the alleged perfect heist the gang randomly find a whereabout to hidden the large truck of out of sight of police, what a luck guys, the came up an expected double crossing by the crook boss ends up in a bloodshed, the final outcome is fairly overstated, therefore a missing opportunity of Nikkatsu studio to make a flawless Japanese Noir.
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First watch: 2025 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25.
