In Nomura Takashi’s Colt wa Ore no Passport. Shishido plays a hitman hired by a gang to whack a rival oyabun (gang boss). He does the deed with a sniper rifle and, together with sidekick Jerry Fujio, makes his escape. Their troubles, however, as just beginning - before they can board their getaway plane they are snatched by thugs from the rival gang. Through Shishido’s quick thinking, they make a narrow escape and end up at an cheap inn for truckers near Yokohama. They arrange passage an boat bound out of the country, but while they are driving to the dock...
Released at the beginning of Shishido’s second peak year at Nikkatsu - his first was 1961 - Colt wa Ore no Passport bears a family resemblance, in its hunted hitman hero, hard-boiled stylistics and mind-bending climatic shoot-out, to Seijun Suzuki’s better-known Koroshiya no Rakuin (Branded to Kill, 1967). Colt, however, was released first - and plays it straighter. At the same time it give full play to Shishido’s invention, panache and tough-guy cool, it remains one of his Nikkatsu favorites.