  3 Seconds Before Explosion (1967) (Dvd)3 Seconds Before Explosion (1967) (Dvd)
UPC Number: 738329063627
Actors: Akira Kobayashi, Ryoji Hayama
Directors: Motomu Ida
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Japanese
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: KINO INTERNATIONAL
Release date: May 19, 2009
Run time: 84 minutes
Product Description
STARRING JAPANESE SUPERSTAR AKIRA KOBAYASHI (BLACK TIGHT KILLERS and ROUGHNECK)
A lightning-paced 60 s crime film from Japan s Nikkatsu Studios, Three Seconds to Explosion packs enough subterfuge and action into its 84 volatile minutes to fill out a dozen pictures made anywhere else. (I like shady dealings,) purrs undercover superspy Yabuki (Akira Kobayashi The Yakuza Papers) en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone renegade from the shadowy espionage bureau that honed his killer instincts to a razor s edge, the implacable Yabuki teams up with fellow mercenary crime fighter Yamawaki (Hideki Takahashi Fighting Elegy). Together, they follow a trail of stolen gems leading from the final days of WWII to a contemporary conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of corporate power and nefarious international villainy. A widescreen whirlwind of sharkskin thread, revenge-crazed assassins, ticking time bombs, deadly booby traps, and triple-crossing lingerie-clad femme fatales, Three Seconds to Explosion connects Nikkatsu s (mood action) yakuza gangster films of the 50 s and 60 s to the studio s subsequent kinky 70 s (pink films,) and is a primer in the tough, super-cool world of no borders exploitation cinema Nikkatsu style.
1967 Japan 84 min. Color In Japanese with Optional English Subtitles Letterboxed (2.35:1) Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
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