Violent Fighters
Overview
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.
About Violent Fighters (1979)
Released in 1979, Violent Fighters is a action, drama and crime film from Toei Company (Japan). It was directed by Teruo Ishii and written by Nobuaki Nakajima and Teruo Ishii. The cast is led by Ken Tanaka, Masanori Machida, Kazuo Kainose, Kinya Sugi and Hiroshi Koizumi. With a runtime of 1h 26m, the film averages 7.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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