I Am Waiting (1957)

Original title

俺は待ってるぜ

Directed by

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former boxer runs a dockside bar and falls for a woman trying to escape her past. Both are trapped by their circumstances and the criminals who control their lives.

noirishlonelytensemelancholicstylishbroodingatmosphericsuspenseful

What happens

I Am Waiting (Japanese: 俺は待ってるぜ, Hepburn: Ore wa matteru ze) is a 1957 Japanese crime film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. I Am Waiting was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, which were produced in order to compete with popular American and French films at Japanese box offices. The film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection. These films include Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, Cruel Gun Story and A Colt Is My Passport. I Am Waiting was one of Nikkatsu's earlier successes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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