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The Great Chase (1975)
Directed by Norifumi Suzuki
Overview
Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn’t much of a “chase” to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70’s exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Etsuko Shihomi | Eiji Gō | Rikiya Yasuoka | Bin Amatsu | Hisako Tanaka | Mach Fumiake | Masashi Ishibashi | Yôichi Numata | Shôhei Yamamoto | Fujika Omori | Toru Yuri | Torahiko Hamada | Fumio Watanabe | Rieko Maruyama | Jill Bryson | Tatsuya Kameyama | Teruo Shimizu | Tsutomu Harada | Shunsuke Kariya | Tsuyoshi Yokoyama | Iwao Dan | Seiya Satô | Takashi Hio | Mieko Muramatsu | Bun'ei Shô | Keiko Itô | Tooru Hanada | Kaoru Endô | Naoyuki Sugano