Director: Jacques Deray
Script.: Auguste Le Breton, José Giovanni, Jacques Deray, R M. Arlaud
Cinema.: Aramaki Tadashi
Edit.: Albert Jurgenson
Music: Georges Delerue
Cast: Karlheinz Boehm, Charles Vanel, Kishi Keiko, Barbara Lass, Michel Vitold, Okada Eiji
Production: Jacques Bar
Distribution:
Tamasa Distribution
63 rue de Ponthieu
75008 PARIS
Phone: +33(0)1 43 59 01 01
Fax: +33(0)1 44 59 64 41
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www.tamasadiffusion.com
Year: 1963
35 mm, B & W, 98 min,
French Version
‘The Titan’, the world most famous diamond, is in a safety box of one of the safest strong room from Tokyo Bank, a real impregnable cita- del. Van Hekkin has decided to take it; he gathers a small group of adventurers from Europe and an engineer from Paris. With the help from a Japanese bar hostess they gather all information about the bank security system. Everything seems possible when Riquet, one of Van Hekkin’s hired men, is murdered by Japanese gangsters who do not want any rival in Tokyo underworld. Former career soldier Merson agrees to replace his friend who saved his life during the Korea War. With a feeling of hatred and a gun in the hand, he leads the merciless war of the gangs and he tries to pull it off with a hallucinating and audacious hold-up.
This thriller reaching the height of suspense takes a tragic turn! As brutal as a gunshot and as passionate as love at first sight!
This thriller reaching the height of suspense takes a tragic turn! As brutal as a gunshot and as passionate as love at first sight!
