I Am Waiting

I Am Waiting (Japanese: 俺は待ってるぜ, Hepburn: Ore wa matteru ze) is a 1957 Japanese crime film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. I Am Waiting was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, which were produced in order to compete with popular American and French films at Japanese box offices. The film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection. These films include Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, Cruel Gun Story and A Colt Is My Passport. I Am Waiting was one of Nikkatsu's earlier successes.