Violent Fighters
Directed by Teruo IshiiIn 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.
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Violent Fighters Trivia
Violent Warrior was released on October 6, 1979.
Violent Warrior was directed by Teruo Ishii.
Violent Warrior has a runtime of 86 min.
The key characters in Violent Warrior are Ken Tanaka, Masanori Machida, Kazuo Kainose.
Violent Warrior is an Action, Crime, Drama film.
Violent Warrior has an audience rating of 5.1 out of 10.