A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 1, 1962
Original Title:
危いことなら銭になる
Alternate Titles:
Danger Paws
Danger's Where the Money Is
Yabai Koto Nara Zeni ni Naru
危いことなら銭になる
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
Art Direction:
Yasuhiro Otsuru
Assistant Director:
Kimiyoshi Soga
Director:
Kō Nakahira
Director of Photography:
Shinsaku Himeda
Editor:
Mutsuo Tanji
Lighting Technician:
Yasuo Iwaki
Original Music Composer:
Harumi Ibe
Original Story:
Michio Tsuzuki
Screenplay:
Ichirō Ikeda
Tadaaki Yamazaki
Sound Recordist:
Nobumasa Fukushima
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