2007-2008 Monthly Classics Film Series.

1. September 2007–May 2008
1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
NO LIMITS
NO BORDERS,
MONTHLY CLASSICS
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
www.japansociety.org
Above: Original poster, A Colt is My Passport.
Cover: The Warped Ones.

2. MONTHLY CLASSICS
NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS
1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
September 2007–May 2008
Monthly Classics features author and critic Mark Schilling as
the first guest curator, selecting 8 Nikkatsu studio films long
overlooked by critics and audiences, presented here for the
first time in the U.S. with new digital subtitles.
Nikkatsu Action films—with their stories influenced by
Hollywood and the Nouvelle Vague, with the Ginza
standing in for Manhattan—reflected the Westernization
that was sweeping away old values, while teaching an
entire generation a new Japanese meaning of cool.
—Mark Schilling, Curator
A Colt is My Passport
MONTHLY CLASSICS LAUNCH SCREENING:
2007–08
A Colt is My Passport (Koruto wa ore no pasupoto) Sep. 28
Friday, September 28 at 7:30 pm A Colt is My Passport (1967)
Launch Screening with
With Curator’s Introduction, Reception & Book Signing* Curator’s introduction,
With rival gang members in pursuit, a cool-headed killer is desperate reception & book signing
to get out of town after pulling off a hit with his partner. A Colt is My
Passport is a brilliantly stylish, noir-inspired film, giving full play to Nov. 9
Shishido’s panache and tough-guy cool. The Warped Ones (1960)
1967, 84 min., 35mm, b&w. Directed by Takashi Nomura. With Jo Shishido,
Dec. 14
Jerry Fujio, Chitose Kobayashi.
Like a Shooting Star (1967)
*Schilling’s latest book, No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema
is being published by FAB Press. The reception is sponsored, in part, by The Jan. 18
Red Handkerchief (1964)
Globus Family.
TICKETS Sept. 28 Launch Screening: $12/$9 Japan Society Feb. 22
Gangster VIP (1968)
members, students & seniors. All other screenings: $10/$7
Japan Society members & seniors/$4.50 students (1st 20 tickets). Mar. 14
For more details, visit www.japansociety.org/film. Plains Wanderer (1960)
Order tickets online or call the Japan Society box office, Mon–Fri,
Apr. 4
10 am to 4:45 pm, (212) 715-1258. Programs subject to change.
Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast
(1962)
Monthly Classics is supported by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest
Endowment Fund and the New York State Council on the Arts. The
Special Student Discount is made possible by The Globus Family. NYSCA
May 2
Roughneck (1969)
All prints courtesy of Nikkatsu Corporation. Series co-organized by Outcast Cinema.