The Great Chase
1975Shihomi 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).
Acted in
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
Yōichi Numata
as Giichi Motoyashiki
Shōhei 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
Tatsuya Kameyama
as Kito
Teruo Shimizu
as Nishida
Tsutomu Harada
as Akaiwa
Shunsuke Kariya
as Thunder
Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
as Kaima
Iwao Dan
as Domeki
Seiya Satō
as Jimmy Tokigawa
Takashi Hio
as Razor Joe
Mieko Muramatsu
as Nun
Bun'ei Shō
as Nun
Keiko Itō
as Ayako Yashiro
Tooru Hanada
as Roulette Dealer
Kaoru Endô
as Girl Selling Flowers
Naoyuki Sugano