Needless to say that I had never actually heard about this 1975 Japanese action movie titled "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki" (aka "The Great Chase") before now in 2023, as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch it for the first time.
For a movie that is as old as I am, I have to say that writers Masahiro Kakefuda and Takeo Kaneko actually put together a fair enough script and storyline for the movie. Sure, this was by no means rocket science, but the script actually proved to be entertaining enough. I was actually adequately entertained throughout the 83 minutes that the movie ran for.
Essentially then "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki" was mostly just one fight scene after another, with some storytelling and narrative in between the fights. Simplistic, sure, but it actually proved entertaining enough, as this is the type of movie where you just lean back, grab a snack and watch the action on the screen.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but leading actress Etsuko Shihomi carried the movie well enough with her performance as Shinobu Yashiro.
There was a lot of fighting throughout the 83 minutes that "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki" ran for, and most of it was nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. However, it was very obvious in my instances that there was no physical contact between kicks or punches and the people at the receving end of the kick or punch. You could see that the hand or foot was most often some distance away from the target intended to be struck.
The music in "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki" was archetypical 1970s music, which added a somewhat bizarre vibe to the movie, as it had that 1970s porn-vibe to it.
I was adequately entertained by director Norifumi Suzuki's 1975 movie "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki", as I sat down to watch it for the first time ever here in 2023. My rating of "Karei-Naru Tsuiseki" lands on a six out of ten stars.
