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The Great Chase

6.7 83 mins Action   1975
Toei Company  
Director(s): Norifumi Suzuki

Release Date: 26 Sat, Apr 1975

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).

Casts of The Great Chase

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

Hisako Tanaka

as Yukiko Shoda

Riki Harada

as Akaiwa

Takashi Hio

as Razor Joe

Fujika Omori

as Nagiko Aoki

Seiya Satō

as Jimmy Tokigawa

Naoyuki Sugano

as Shinpei Aoki

Iwao Dan

as Domeki

Jill Bryson

as Barbara

Teruo Shimizu

as Nishida

Tooru Hanada

as Roulette Dealer

Keiko Itō

as Ayako Yashiro

Fumie Shō

as Nun

Kaoru Endō

as Flower Girl

Bin Amatsu

as Takeo Inomata

Tōru Yuri

as Mach Bunkichi

Fumio Watanabe

as Hayato Maejima

Shunsuke Kariya

as Thunder (uncredited)

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