The Great Chase (1975)
Action
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).
Cast
Shinobu Yashiro
Isao Shirosaki
Mach Bunkichi
Masayuki Yashiro
Hayato Maejima
Mayumi Sugano
Barbara
Kito
Nishida
Akaiwa
Thunder
Kaima
Shudou
Domeki
Jimmy Tokigawa
Razor Joe
Nun
Ayako Yashiro
Roulette Dealer
Girl Selling Flowers
Takeo Inomata
Yukiko Shoda
Mach Fumiake
Yosuke Onozawa
Giichi Motoyashiki
Henry Nakatani
Nagiko Aoki
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