Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
is a 1977 Japanese-language action thriller film starring Sonny Chiba as the international assassin Golgo 13. It is the second live-action movie based on the manga series Golgo 13, after the eponymous 1973 JapanesendashIranian film starring Ken Takakura.
Plot
Master assassin Duke Togo—codenamed "Golgo 13"—is hired by an American crime syndicate to kill Chou Lei Fang, a powerful member of the syndicate's Hong Kong branch who has been selling their drugs through his own channels. At the same time, he has to keep an eye out on Smith, a hard-boiled Hong Kong detective who is hell-bent on taking down Chou and his drug-manufacturing organization.
More details
author | Nobuaki Nakajima Takeshi Matsumoto |
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contentLocation | Hong Kong Macau Miami Miami metropolitan area Tokyo |
director | Yukio Noda |
editor | Akira Suzuki |
genre | action live-action thriller |
keywords | ambush build capture crime syndicate diplomatic immunity drug lord drug trafficking factory foreign diplomat hang hide kai tak airport kill police chief southeast asia swimming pool track down traffic |
musicBy | Harumi Ibe |
producer | Callan Leung |
publisher | Toei Company |
recordedAt | Hong Kong Japan |
theme | japanese |