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Ironfinger
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	100発100中
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Hyappatsu Hyakuchu
Directed by	Jun Fukuda
Written by	Michio Tsuzuki Kihachi Okamoto
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka Kenichiro Tsunoda
Starring	Akira Takarada Mie Hama Ichirō Arishima
Cinematography	Shinsaku Uno
Edited by	Ryohei Fujii
Music by	Masaru Sato
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	December 5, 1965 (1965-12-05) (Japan) November 9, 1966 (1966-11-09) (France)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Ironfinger (100発100中, Hyappatsu Hyakuchu, lit. '100 Shot, 100 Killed') is a 1965 Japanese action comedy film directed by Jun Fukuda. A parody of James Bond-style spy movies, the film stars Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, and Ichirō Arishima. In the film, an ordinary vacationer is assigned to a dead Interpol agent's mission and caught between rival gangs that are squabbling over a shipment of arms.

Cast

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• Akira Takarada as Andrew Hoshino
• Mie Hama as Yumi Sawada
• Ichirō Arishima as Detective Tezuka
• Akihiko Hirata as Komori
• Sachio Sakai as Akatsuki Yuzurukai
• Mike Daneen as Hubert Lebois
• Jun Tatara as Kishōrei
• Toru Ibuki as Matsuki
• Chôtarô Tôgin as Ken
• Naoya Kusakawa as Takeshi Aonuma
• Andrew Hughes as Boss Stonferer
• Haruo Nakajima as Detective (uncredited)
• Masaaki Tachibana as Detective (uncredited)
• Susumu Kurobe as Man in sunglasses

Release

Ironfinger was released in Japan by Toho on December 5, 1965 on a double feature with A Smell of Money (馬鹿と鋏, Baka to hasami). It was released in France on November 9, 1966 under the title Chasseur d'espions.

References

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2. ^ "100発100中（1965） : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
3. ^ Pulp, Talking (2021-02-18). "Film Review: Ironfinger (1965)". Talking Pulp. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
4. "Samurai and Japanese Movies DVD Store : IRONFINGER 1 (1965) - REMASTERED". www.vendio.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
5. "馬鹿と鋏 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
6. allcinema, 映画 １００発１００中 (1965)について 映画データベース - allcinema (in Japanese), retrieved 2021-10-03
7. "１００発１００中". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
8. "Chasseur d'espions". Encyclocine. Retrieved 2021-10-03.

External links

• Ironfinger at IMDb
• Ironfinger at Letterboxd

• 1965 films
• 1960s Japanese-language films
• 1965 crime films
• 1965 comedy films
• Films directed by Jun Fukuda
• Toho films
• Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
• 1960s Japanese films