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      Aim at the Police Van

      1960 1h 19m Action Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 63% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member An early Seijun Suzuki noir that oozes class, style and story. Great, great stuff and an early indicator of some of the tremendous and at times slightly subversive films Suzuki had in store for us in years to come. A classic from a master. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Delving into the Nikkatsu Noir set, this is the first selection I've tried and I have to say that it's pretty damned entertaining for a first Noir outing in Japan for me, and I look forward to the rest of the set. Check it out. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member good tale of revenge and payback Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Seijun Suzuki's earlier works, he's not all out and crazy at this point, but he's more of a confident director of action and crime films. "Take Aim At The Police Van" was adapted from a short crime story, but through the point of view of a prison guard who is on suspension for supposed 'negligence', but decides to get to the bottom of a crime that ended with some prisoners dead. It's a pretty gripping story and mystery that goes deeper and deeper until we see some pretty unexpected drama by the end. Standard noir-ish stuff, with some forgotten 50's Nikkatsu players, but of very good quality in filmmaking nonetheless. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Suzuki's pre-1963 "normal" movies, and yes it is a masterpiece. If this had made at Columbia Pictures at this time, it would have entered the canon. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review jack c one of the best titles ever in a good but not great early Suzuki film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
      Director
      Seijun Suzuki
      Screenwriter
      Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Kazuo Shimada
      Genre
      Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 19m