A Japanese crime film at its most extreme, A Colt Is My Passport careens towards the inevitable yakuza showdown when a hired killer (action icon Jo Shishido) knocks off a rival boss. (84 mins., 35mm)

Red Handkerchief features superstar Yujiro Ishihara as a detective on a drug case that gets derailed when he shoots a key witness. After four years in exile, the detective returns, bent on solving the case. (98 mins., 35mm)