Movielogr
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971)
Directed by Norifumi Suzuki
Overview
The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also shows up as a cool, leather jacket gunman who gains Sugawara’s respect despite playing for the opposing team. What eventually keeps this film from being as good as the first is the loose script that doesn’t really tie all the fun stuff into a coherent package. Much is forgiven however when the last 20 minutes arrives with several visually striking set pieces (including one death scene stylized to the point of ridiculousness) and a terrific final massacre. This was Suzuki’s last contribution to the series; the fifth and final picture would be helmed by Takashi Harada.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Yumiko Nogawa | Tsunehiko Watase | Toshiaki Minami | Hiroshi Nawa | Tatsuo Umemiya | Tatsuo Endô | Yukie Kagawa | Takuzô Kawatani | Riri Sasaki | Kunio Kaga | Shôtarô Hayashi | Akira Shioji | Kinji Nakamura | Keiji Takamiya | Kenji Kusumoto | Takashi Noguchi | Kimiko Kamioka | Isao Takanami | Katsutoshi Akiyama | Hachirô Oka | Yôko Koyama | Gorô Ôki | Kin'ya Suzuki | Reiichi Hatanaka | Shôgo Egami | Hiroshi Yahiro | Mitsuo Nagata | Eijirô Sekine | Kunijirô Yanagi | Mineko Maruhira | Ryôta Minowada | Koichi Kitamura | Ayako Hidaka | Seizô Fukumoto | Yukio Miyagi | Jo Moriya | Kenji Ikeda | Yasumori Hikita | Tamaro Murata