Golgo 13 Assignment Kowloon ゴルゴ13 九竜の首

Golgo 13 Assignment Kowloon ゴルゴ13 九竜の首

Rejissyor: KonCATIII. Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977) Hola, a big-budge kung fu/action movie today, something quite a bit different than the usual slapdash chopsocky fare I usually review in this genre. Not as much silliness to poke fun at, therefore, but still worth the effort to detail for no other reason that it's quite a rare movie in English markets. Here we go. Our hero (anti-hero, really) is "Golgo 13", an iconic hitman character from a variety of Japanese comics, movies, and animae. He's a mysterious hired assassin, the best of the best, and a tortured soul every bit as complicated as James Bond or Jason Bourne. The Golgo 13 nickname comes from the 13th man at Golgotha selling out Jesus (look it up). He's played perfectly by 38-year old Sonny Chiba, one of those legendary martial arts movie stars that all kung fu fans know quite well (I've reviewed him before in Sister Street Fighter and Shogun's Ninja ). Golgo 13's appearance is set in established canon through a decade of comic books--dark skin, short hair, long sideburns, cold steely eyes, and a penchant for well-cut suits and Western leather shoes. He's not a big man (Chiba himself was only 5'9" and maybe 160 pounds), but he exudes a dangerous vibe of hair-trigger violence and simmering sexuality that makes for a very compelling character. Women want him and men want to be him, you know the drill. Golgo 13. Our movie opens on a yacht off the coast of Miami, Florida, where Golgo 13 is hired by a drug boss to kill one of their own who is skimming off the top. $150,000 up front is offered to do the hit, and Golgo 13 offers guaranteed results in return. The target is "the Kingpin", who operates in Hong Kong, and as he's already dodged three hitmen, they called the best. "And after you've killed the Kingpin, we have another target for you. Here is his picture..." To show off his skills, Golgo 13 turns and shoots two thugs off a balcony from 800 yards away (from a rocking boat on the open sea, mind you). His signature weapon (h

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