
Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.
Directed by Akira Inoue, Black Weapon leans on a strong ensemble — Jirō Tamiya, Yūko Hamada, Nobuo Kaneko — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1964.
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A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
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