The Great Chase
6.2
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).
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Etsuko Shihomi
Shinobu Yashiro
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Norifumi Suzuki Director · Masahiro Kakefuda Screenplay Takeo Kaneko Screenplay
First release April 26, 1975 · Produced in Japan · Original title 華麗なる追跡
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
華麗なる追跡
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 26, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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