The Great Chase
華麗なる追跡
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).
1975-04-26
ja
Cast
Director
Norifumi Suzuki
Etsuko Shihomi as Shinobu Yashiro
Mach Fumiake as Mach Fumiake
Eiji Gō as Isao Shirosaki
Masashi Ishibashi as Yosuke Onozawa
Rieko Maruyama as Mayumi Sugano
Yōichi Numata as Giichi Motoyashiki
Shōhei Yamamoto as Henry Nakatani
Rikiya Yasuoka as Shudou
Torahiko Hamada as Masayuki Yashiro
Iwao Dan as Domeki
Jill Bryson as Barbara
Bin Amatsu as Takeo Inomata
Tōru Yuri as Mach Bunkichi
Fumio Watanabe as Hayato Maejima
Shunsuke Kariya as Thunder (uncredited)