The Great Chase
83 mins
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).
Hisako Tanaka
Yukiko Shoda
Shōhei Yamamoto
Henry Nakatani
Fujika Omori
Nagiko Aoki
Jill Bryson
Barbara
Tatsuya Kameyama
Kito
Teruo Shimizu
Nishida
Tsutomu Harada
Akaiwa
Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
Kaima
Seiya Satō
Jimmy Tokigawa
Takashi Hio
Razor Joe
Bun'ei Shō
Nun
Keiko Itō
Ayako Yashiro
Tooru Hanada
Roulette Dealer
Kaoru Endō
Girl Selling Flowers
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Art Direction
Yozo Uchida
Sound Recordist
Takeo Kaneko
Screenplay
Takeo Toda
Editor
Yoshikazu Yamasawa
Director of Photography