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Danger Pays (1962)

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Original title
危いことなら銭になる
Directed by
Kō Nakahira
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a risky scheme involving money and action. The story follows his adventures through a series of comedic and dangerous situations.

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What happens

『危いことなら銭になる』(やばいことならぜにになる)は、中平康監督、宍戸錠主演による1962年公開の日本映画。 都筑道夫の小説『紙の罠』を原作としたアクション・コメディ。池田一朗と山崎忠昭が共同で脚色し、中平康が監督した。 町山智浩によれば、本作は『殺しの烙印』や『毛の生えた拳銃』『狙撃』などと共にアニメ第1作『ルパン三世』に影響を与え、浅丘演じるヒロインも真理アンヌなどと同じく峰不二子のモデルである可能性に、クリント・イーストウッド主演の『ダーティハリー』よりも先にマグナムを上手くセリフに活用しているという (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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