Above- If you notice the In Color statement below the title. Japan was transitioning to more color productions in the mid ’60s. Photo by Super Strange Video/www.superstrangevideo.com

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They’re Black Tight Killers: Japan gives us spies, miniskirts and bikinis.

Chris Nersinger
4 min readApr 6, 2024

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The ‘60s… wild, retro and quirky!

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Black Tight Killers (1966)-

Above-When I said I wanted to be surrounded by beautiful girls I don’t think this is what I had in mind.

This 1966 flix is balls to the wall. Featuring a gang of femme fatales (ninjas) in skirts and they are not to be reckoned, Japanese Yakuza & American mobsters vs an ex-war photographer as he kicks a lot of ass, he tries to protect a stewardess, whose father may know the whereabouts of a major sum of money. Loot her father had a hand in smuggling at the end of WWII.

Above- These girls mean business. When they’re after you there is no place to hide. Mommy!!! Photo by Movie Poster Shop/www.moviepostershop.com

This free for all loaded with lots of eye candy…. oozing with go go girls, short skirts and jazz is so visually stimulating that the plot itself acts more as the catalyst for pop art images. Which begs the…

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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