The Bodyguard
Sonny Chiba, hired to kill... If his kick doesn't get you... his fatal fist will!
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- Action
- Thriller
Overview
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
Keywords
- shootout
- showdown
- japan
- hijacking
- hijack
- karate
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 30, 1973
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company,Nippon-American Productions
- Cast
- Sonny Chiba,Mari Atsumi,Rinichi Yamamoto,Eiji Gō,Hideo Murota,Yayoi Watanabe,Hatsue Tonooka,Rikiya Yasuoka,Takashi Hio,Kinji Takinamiand 22 more
- Director
- Ryuichi Takamori
- Producer
- Sunao Sakagami
- Cinematography
- Yoshio Nakajima
- Music
- Toshiaki Tsushima
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0164699