Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi

Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi
Directed by	Senkichi Taniguchi
Written by	Hideo Ando
Produced by	Shin Morita; Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Tatsuya Mihashi; Akiko Wakabayashi; Mie Hama; Tadao Nakamaru; Susumu Kurobe; Sachio Sakai; Hideyo Amamoto; Tetsu Nakamura; Akemi Kita
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada
Music by	Sadao Bekku
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	October 23, 1965;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (国際秘密警察鍵の鍵, International Secret Police: Key of Keys), also known as Key of Keys, is a 1965 Japanese comedy-spy film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi.^[1] It is the fourth installment of five films in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, a parody of James Bond-style spy movies.

Woody Allen used this film, combined with footage from the third installment Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (国際秘密警察:火薬の樽, International Secret Police: Keg of Gunpowder), to create his directorial debut, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, in which the original dialogue is redubbed in English to make the plot about a secret egg salad recipe.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

Kitami is requested by the intelligence director, Suritai, to steal a large amount of money from the anti-government guerrillas who fund gangs from Gegen. However, once Kitami infiltrates a Gegen ship in disguise, he discovers there is no cash in the safe, only a cipher on a piece of paper.

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi as Agent Jiro Kitami^[1]
Akiko Wakabayashi as White Orchid,^[1]
Mie Hama as Miichin/Mi Chen^[1]^[6]
Tadao Nakamaru as Gegen^[1]
Susumu Kurobe^[1] as He-Qing Cai
Sachio Sakai as Inagawa^[1]
Hideyo Amamoto as Ikeguchi^[1]
Tetsu Nakamura as Suritai^[1]
Akemi Kita as Yoko^[1]
Shoji Oki as Dorodo^[1]
Monica Bead as Barro^[1]
Nadao Kirno as Cho^[1]
Koji Uruki as Ton Won men^[1]
J. Jones as white woman^[1]
Seiji Ikeda^[1]
Hiroshi Akitsu^[1]
Akira Kishoji^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ Woody Allen (2006). Woody Allen: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-57806-793-0.
^ Robert G. Weiner; Shelley E. Barba (4 March 2011). In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing. McFarland. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8572-7.
^ Markus Nornes (2007). Cinema Babel: Translating Global Cinema. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 269–. ISBN 978-0-8166-5041-5.
^ Richard W. Kroon (30 April 2014). A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms. McFarland. pp. 406–. ISBN 978-0-7864-5740-3.
^ Tom Lisanti; Louis Paul (10 April 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1194-8.

External links

Key of Keys at IMDb

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[IV2008-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[Allen2006-2] Woody Allen (2006). Woody Allen: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-57806-793-0.

[WeinerBarba2011-3] Robert G. Weiner; Shelley E. Barba (4 March 2011). In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing. McFarland. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8572-7.

[Nornes2007-4] Markus Nornes (2007). Cinema Babel: Translating Global Cinema. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 269–. ISBN 978-0-8166-5041-5.

[Kroon2014-5] Richard W. Kroon (30 April 2014). A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms. McFarland. pp. 406–. ISBN 978-0-7864-5740-3.

[LisantiPaul2002-6] Tom Lisanti; Louis Paul (10 April 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1194-8.

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