Violent Fighters (1979)
In 1979 Toei president Shigeru Okada saw the future. More precisely, he saw Walter Hill's The Warriors in the US prior to its Japanese opening. Okada rushed back to make his own version. "Towards the 80! Our era! Now filming!" the trailer exclaimed. The plot is roughly the same as in The Warriors except this time the chased gang has to make it from Kobe to Tokyo and the leader's got the enemy's sister handcuffed to him. Hardly great cinema, but undeniably entertaining with frantic pacing, loads of music and even a massive roller blade street chase! As a vision of future, it wasn't too far off if the future was defined as 80s rock, bad fashion and comic book films.
| Movie ID | 105809 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Director | Teruo Ishii |
| Main cast | Ken Tanaka, Masanori Machida, Kazuo Kainose, Kinya Sugi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Eiichi Tsuyama, Mina Asami, Chieko Sekita |
| Release date | 6 October 1979 |
| Release year | 1979 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 86 min (1h 26m) |
| Rating | 7.0 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Toei Company |
Director: Teruo Ishii
Writers: Nobuaki Nakajima, Teruo Ishii
Top cast
Ken Tanaka
Masanori Machida
Kazuo Kainose
Kinya Sugi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Eiichi Tsuyama
Mina Asami
Chieko Sekita
Teruo Shimizu
Shigeki Ishii
Masato Hoshi
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