3 Supermen a Tokyo

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3 Supermen a Tokyo
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Directed by Bitto Albertini
Screenplay by
Story byMario Amendola [1]
Starring
CinematographyUmberto Grassia [1]
Edited byVincenzo Vanni [1]
Music by Ruggero Cini [1]
Production
companies
  • Cinesecolo-INDIEF
  • Terra-Filmkunst [1]
Release dates
  • 1968 (1968)(Italy)
  • 17 July 1968 (1968-07-17)(West Germany)
Running time
100 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • West Germany [1]

3 Supermen a Tokyo [lower-alpha 1] is a 1968 film directed by Bitto Albertini.

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Synopsis

Two ruthless thieves known as "the supermen" are captured by the government, and in exchange for commuting their sentence they are forced to accompany the agent Martin, who has a mission to find a recording which, if brought to light, would cause a political scandal. But the road is not easy, and they encounter all kinds of obstacles.

Production

3 Supermen a Tokio did not have any of the original cast outside Gloria Paul of the original film The Three Fantastic Supermen . [1]

3 Supermen a Tokio was shot in Tokyo. [1] When shooting there, director Bitto Albertini stated that filming was shot with indifference from the Japanese passers-by when shooting a car chase with the scene being shot with hidden cameras in hopes to capture the shocked reactions from the crowd. [1] [3]

Release

3 Superman a Tokyo was released in Italy in 1968. [1] It was released in Germany as Drei tolle Kerle on 17 July 1968. [4]

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References

Notes

  1. The title is often misspelled as 3 supermen in Tokio, even on the Italian DVD release. [2]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2016, p. 128.
  2. Curti 2016, p. 129.
  3. Albertini 1998, p. 136.
  4. "Drei tolle Kerle". Filmportal.de . Retrieved 21 August 2019.

Sources

  • Albertini, Bitto (1998). Tra un ciak e l'altro storielle di Bitto Albertini. Catania: Edizioni Boemi.
  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN   978-1-936168-60-6.