The Great Chase

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

Hisako Tanaka

Yukiko Shoda