The Great Chase
華麗なる追跡
Release: 1975-04-26
·Runtime: 83m
·★ 6.5
Action
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).
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Cast
Masashi Ishibashi
as Yosuke Onozawa
Rikiya Yasuoka
as Shudou
Rieko Maruyama
as Mayumi Sugano
Iwao Dan
as Domeki
Jill Bryson
as Barbara
Torahiko Hamada
as Masayuki Yashiro
Riki Harada
as Akaiwa
Mach Fumiake
as Mach Fumiake
Tōru Yuri
as Mach Bunkichi
Bin Amatsu
as Takeo Inomata
Etsuko Shihomi
as Shinobu Yashiro
Shōhei Yamamoto
as Henry Nakatani
Eiji Gō
as Isao Shirosaki
Yōichi Numata
as Giichi Motoyashiki
Fumio Watanabe
as Hayato Maejima
Shunsuke Kariya
as Thunder (uncredited)
