Blueprint Of Murder - 1961 - 6/10
AKA - Ankokugai no Dankon // 暗黒街の弾痕

Ratings? Ratings don’t apply to gems like this one!
Driver and mechanic are still road-testing the experimental engine.
Once perfected, it will be lighter, cheaper to manufacture, and have better fuel economy than anything else.
Meanwhile, scoundrels try to steal. A yakuza gang, a rival engine firm, an oil consortium.
Then, after one of the partners dies mysteriously, his brother appears and all hell breaks loose.

Extreme espionage actioner roars ahead in full bore overdrive.
Industrial spies, shadowy hitmen, a whispered group from Hong Kong, the police detective, an aggressive news hound, the shameless mogul, fast talking lovelies, etc …
There is enough material here for five films, packed into 70”.
The pace is frantic, your head will spin off if you try to keep track of everything.

Two of the best interludes occur at the nightclub, where a songbird croons “Nobody Knows” while three silhouetted men shift and sway behind her.
Whole film is funny and wildly over the top bonkers. 007 fans, look for Mie Hama!