Hey, Toronto! The ScreenAnarchy Curated Tokyo Drifters Series Continues Saturday With Hard Boiled Noir INTIMIDATION!!

The ScreenAnarchy curated Tokyo Drifters: 100 Years Of Nikkatsu screening series continues this Saturday with a rare screening of Kurahara Koreyoshi's Intimidation. Kurahara's film is one of the purest examples of a Japanese take on American film noir and has seldom been seen on screens on this side of the ocean.

A lean, efficient crime thriller from prolific Nikkatsu vet Koreyoshi Kurahara, Intimidation focuses on Takita (Nobuo Kaneko), an ambitious, rising bank manager at a regional branch clawing his way to the top of his firm by any means necessary -- most often by walking all over his meek underling and childhood friend Nakaike (Akira Nishimura). On the verge of his promotion to head office, Takita has his world upended when a mysterious blackmailer appears with proof that Takita has been cooking the books at his branch. There is only one way for Takita to avoid exposure: help the blackmailer rob the bank where he works. A brilliant Japanization of American film noir, this tightly plotted and finely wrought little gem displays Kurahara's caustic view of Japanese class relations and his country's hypocritical culture of success.

Watch a scene below and find complete series details and order tickets here!