🕵🏻‍♀️ Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! / 探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども (1963)

📽️ Seijun Suzuki
🎭 Joe Shishido, Reiko Sasamori, Tamio Kawachi
💬 Maverick detective Tajima infiltrates a gang to expose their shady deals - and wisecracks/sings/dances his way into a whole lot of trouble!

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🎞️ Murder Unincorporated / 大日本殺し屋伝 (1965) x 🍶 Gassan no Yuki Junmai Ginjo

Joe Shishido stars in this unhinged assassin competition (pure Nikkatsu popcorn!) - with a zesty and spring-like Yamagata sake 🩵🎏 (vanilla, peach, white chocolate! 🤩)

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🎞️ Branded to Kill / 殺しの烙印 (1967)

📽️ Suzuki Seijun
🎭 Shishido Jō, Mari Annu, Ogawa Mariko
💬 A hitman’s life is turned inside out by a failed mission, and a mysterious woman…

🍶 Oku no Kami Junmai Nakadori (🍍, 🍬, 🍋)

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🎞️ A Colt Is My Passport / 拳銃は俺のパスポート (1967) x 🍶 Dewazakura Omachi Junmaiginjo

Happy birthday Joe Shishido! 😎
Perfect time to watch one of his best Nikkatsu noirs- with a sake as complex, smooth, and memorable as Joe the Ace himself (rich rice, clove, aniseed, fig, and just a hint of spicy vanilla 👌)

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