User:Gotanda/Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru
| Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru | |
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| Directed by | Takashi Tsuboshima |
| Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa |
| Produced by | Koichi Takenaka Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | Tatsuya Mihashi Makoto Satô Yuriko Hoshi Akiko Wakabayashi Kumi Mizuno Tadao Nakamaru Jun Tazaki Masanari Nihei |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Music by | Kenjiro Hirose |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (国際秘密警察 火薬の樽, International Secret Police: Keg of Gunpowder), also known as Keg of Gunpowder, is a 1964 Japanese spy-comedy adventure action film directed by Takashi Tsuboshima. It was the third installment of five films in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, a parody of James Bond-style spy movies.
Woody Allen used this film, combined two with footage from the third installment Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (国際秘密警察 火薬の樽, International Secret Police: Keg of Gunpowder) & Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (国際秘密警察 鍵の鍵, International Secret Police: Key of Keys), to create his directorial debut, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, in which the original dialogue is redubbed in English to make the plot about a secret egg salad recipe.
Plot change
Professor Tatsuno, who studies remote control of nuclear bombs, has been kidnapped by an unknown group. Kitami, along with Inspector Yagyu of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, immediately set out to investigate and understood that this was the work of an international criminal-terrorist organization called the World Union Alliance (W.U.A.) led by Hayato Kuroki, a criminal mastermind and far right leader with Nazi ideology. During the investigation, Kitami discovers the WUA secret hideout and infiltrated it until he was captured by Kuroki's men. Then, the WUA will get the design drawing of the Zeta Line, a remote control device which can detonate any nucleus on Earth, complete the device and plan the detonated on the Shinkansen bullet train as a starting experience.
Cast change
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Jiro Kitami
- Makoto Satō as Inspector Yagyu
- Yuriko Hoshi as Kayo Tatsuno
- Kumi Mizuno as WUA No. 6 (Rumi)
- Jun Tazaki as Professor Tatsuno
- Masanari Nihei as Seinen Miyaji
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Girl Taken at Haneda
- Someshô Matsumoto as Hayato Kuroki
- Shin Otomo as Zenjiro Asai
- Tadao Nakamaru as Sakurao Goda
- Harold Conway as Dr. Wagen
- Hershey Jones as WUA No. 4
- Tôru Ibuki as WUA No. 5
- Nadao Kirino as WUA No. 8
- Shôji Ôki as WUA No. 11
- Naoya Kusakawa as WUA No. 14
- Sumireko Haruna as Baiser Dancing Girl
- Wataru Ōmae as Bellboy
Staff change
- Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Executive Producer: Koichi Takenaka
- Screenwriter: Shinichi Sekizawa
- Director: Takashi Tsuboshima
- Cinematographer: Kazuo Yamada
- Music Composer: Kenjiro Hirose
- Production Designer: Hiroshi Ueda
- Lighting Technician: Shinichi Ôno
- Sound Recordist: Wataru Onuma
- Photographer: Jiro Tsuchiya
- Editor: Ume Takeda