The Great Chase

The story

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

E Etsuko ShihomiShinobu Yashiro M Mach FumiakeMach Fumiake E Eiji GōIsao Shirosaki M Masashi IshibashiYosuke Onozawa R Rieko MaruyamaMayumi Sugano Y Yōichi NumataGiichi Motoyashiki S Shōhei YamamotoHenry Nakatani R Rikiya YasuokaShudou T Torahiko HamadaMasayuki Yashiro H Hisako TanakaYukiko Shoda R Riki HaradaAkaiwa T Takashi HioRazor Joe

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F Fujika OmoriNagiko Aoki S Seiya SatōJimmy Tokigawa N Naoyuki SuganoShinpei Aoki T Tsuyoshi YokoyamaKaima I Iwao DanDomeki J Jill BrysonBarbara T Tatsuya KameyamaKito T Teruo ShimizuNishida H Haruki Jo T Tōru HanadaRoulette Dealer C Chū Takatsuki S Shigeru Yokoyama T Takeshige Hatanaka K Keiko ItōAyako Yashiro M Mieko MuramatsuNun F Fumie ShōNun K Kaoru EndōFlower Girl P Paul Fujisawa H Hisako Oka B Bin AmatsuTakeo Inomata T Tōru YuriMach Bunkichi F Fumio WatanabeHayato Maejima S Shunsuke KariyaThunder (uncredited)