The Great Chase (1975)
Overview
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
Etsuko Shihomi
Shinobu Yashiro
Mach Fumiake
Mach Fumiake
Eiji Gō
Isao Shirosaki
Masashi Ishibashi
Yosuke Onozawa
Rieko Maruyama
Mayumi Sugano
Yōichi Numata
Giichi Motoyashiki
Shōhei Yamamoto
Henry Nakatani
Rikiya Yasuoka
Shudou
Torahiko Hamada
Masayuki Yashiro
Iwao Dan
Domeki
Jill Bryson
BarbaraRecommendations
Golden Kamuy
The Marine 5: Battleground
Jigen Daisuke
Gladiator Underground
Sister Street Fighter
The Paper Tigers
Double Threat
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion
Black Rain
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
The City of Lost Souls
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter
A Colt Is My Passport
Lupin the 3rd
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
X
Dead or Alive
The Return of Sister Street Fighter
Beckman