'Jûsangô taihisen' yori: Sono gosôsha o nerae (1960)

‘Jûsangô taihisen’ yori: Sono gosôsha o nerae: Directed by Seijun Suzuki. With Michitarô Mizushima, Misako Watanabe, Shôichi Ozawa, Shinsuke Ashida. A prison truck is assaulted and the two convicts inside are murdered. The prison guard on duty gets suspended for negligence and takes it upon himself to track down the killers.

“Twisty detective flick from the director of Branded to Kill. After the police van of which he was in charge is ambushed by a sniper, prison guard Michitaro Mizushima (the star of the earlier Suzuki film Underworld Beauty) is suspended from his job. Upset over his failure to protect those under his charge, Mizushima conducts his own investigation. This is an extremely convoluted mystery – a fact to which the film cops. Suzukiu0026#39;s master direction keeps it moving. The opening and closing sequences in particular are brilliant. I just wish I knew what the Hell was going on! I was very tired while watching it, I should say.”