A Colt is My Passport is a 1967 thriller film from Japanese director Takashi Nomura. The movie centers around a loner hit-man who is contracted to kill a mob boss. After the man is executed, the hit-man waits for safe passage on a ship out of the city. The mob boss's son attempts to get revenge before he leaves.http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-colt-is-my-passport-448177The film is based on Shinji Fujiawara's novel of the same name. It was adapted for screen by Shichi Nagahara and Nobuo Yamada.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330536/fullcredits#writers

Director Takashi Nomura directed several action and thriller films in addition to A Colt is My Passport. He directed films such as Showdown at Nagasaki, 100 Gamblers and Women Smell of Night.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634601/Actor Jo Shishido has appeared in a number of other crime thrillers including Branded to Kill, Youth of the Beast and Nikutai no mon.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794425/    

A Colt is My Passport follows Shuji Kamimura, a hit man tasked with killing a mob boss that has gotten out of control. Shuji and his partner Shun carry out the contract and are then put up in a hotel, awaiting safe passage out of the city on a boat. Meanwhile, the mob boss's son seeks revenge on Shuji, hiring killers to track him down. Shuji and Shun meet a maid, Mina, who attempts to help them escape. With the killers bearing down on the trio, Shuji must decide whether to run or confront his pursuers.http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-colt-is-my-passport-448177

• Jô Shishido as Shuji Kamimura
  
• Chitose Kobayashi as Mina
• Jerry Fujio as Shun Shiozaki
• Akiyoshi Fukae as Funaki
• Zenji Yamada as Barge captain
• Eimei Esumi as Senzaki
• Jun Hongô as Kaneko
• Akio Miyabe as Miyoshi
• Toyoko Takechi as Otatsuhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330536/

“A Colt Is My Passport is a compelling blend of influences. Don't let the Japanese gangsters fool you: these crime families have more in common with the European mafia than with the yakuza. The visual style is obviously lifted straight from 1950s film noir with Shishido cast perfectly as the quiet and brooding anti hero. The cinematography is crisp black and white and flawlessly composed.” - Todd Brown, Twitch Filmhttp://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2008/07/fantasia-report-a-colt-is-my-passport-review.php

“A Colt Is My Passport is a wonderful example of the Nikkatsu New Action borderless style. Nikkatsu may have produced these films by assembly line but Colt could almost be a nouvelle vague masterpiece, that is, but for one thing – it’s got the style of an Elevator to the Gallows or Breathless, but with the heroic myths and unflappable cool of the protagonists unpunctured by modern realism and cynicism. The heroes are cool, the girls are pretty, and the action is exciting.” - David Austin, Cinema Strikes Backhttp://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=2215