1966: Tôkyô nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter)

Tetsu has decided to leave his yakuza gang and sworn off violence, but naturally, the past won't leave him be, so you can expect lots of shooting in this fun violence movie. Apparently, this was director Seijun Suzuki's first film in colour, and as such is remindful of pop songs from the 1960s, when stereo had just become available: Let's put one half of the instruments on the left and the other on the right, because we can! Likewise, once given access to colour, Suzuki gave the audience frames like this. Which, I think, is great. Although pistols, not swords, are used, this looks like the film that Tarantino tried to make when he did Kill Bill. The original is to be preferred. (7)