The Great Chase

The Great Chase

83 mins | Action | April 26, 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).

The Great Chase

83 mins | Action | April 26, 1975

The Great Chase
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).
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 華麗なる追跡
Directors Norifumi Suzuki
Writers Takeo Kaneko, Masahiro Kakefuda

Cast

Etsuko Shihomi

as Shinobu Yashiro

Eiji Gō

as Isao Shirosaki

Rikiya Yasuoka

as Shudou

Bin Amatsu

as Takeo Inomata

Hisako Tanaka

as Yukiko Shoda

Mach Fumiake

as Mach Fumiake

Masashi Ishibashi

as Yosuke Onozawa

Yôichi Numata

as Giichi Motoyashiki

Shôhei Yamamoto

as Henry Nakatani

Fujika Omori

as Nagiko Aoki

Tōru Yuri

as Mach Bunkichi

Torahiko Hamada

as Masayuki Yashiro

Fumio Watanabe

as Hayato Maejima

Rieko Maruyama

as Mayumi Sugano

Jill Bryson

as Barbara

Teruo Shimizu

as Nishida

Tsutomu Harada

as Akaiwa

Shunsuke Kariya

as Thunder

Iwao Dan

as Domeki

Seiya Satô

as Jimmy Tokigawa

Takashi Hio

as Razor Joe

Bun'ei Shô

as Nun

Keiko Itô

as Ayako Yashiro

Tooru Hanada

as Roulette Dealer

Kaoru Endô

as Girl Selling Flowers