Golgo 13

Golgo 13 (1973)

ゴルゴ13

Live-action adaptation of the hit manga. Golgo 13, also known by the pseudonym Duke Togo, is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity. Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. Golgo 13 is contracted to kill Boss Goa, the head of a worldwide crime syndicate responsible for drugs, weapons, and human trafficking.

Date of release
1973-12-29
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Action, Crime
Director
Junya Satō

Casting

Interesting facts

Golgo 13 is a 1973 Japanese–Iranian action film directed by Junya Sato, starring Ken Takakura as the international hitman Golgo 13. It is the first live-action movie based on the Japanese manga series Golgo 13. It was filmed almost entirely in the Imperial State of Iran, with an almost entirely Persian supporting cast. It was followed by the film Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977), starring Sonny Chiba.

Production

With the success of Kinji Fukusaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Toei shifted its direction from ninkyo eiga (仁侠映画, "chivalry films") to jitsuroku eiga (実録映画, "actual record films"), and actor Ken Takakura, who had been active in yakuza films, was worried that he would be less likely to be cast in leading roles.

Director Junya Sato said, "A certain person who travels between Japan and Iran approached us with the idea that the Iranian government and military will fully cooperate, and Toei went along with it." Since the number of yakuza movies has reached a plateau, the studio decided to create a movie based on Takao Saito's manga of the same name, which was gaining popularity, in order to create something a little different.

Manga artist Takao Saito wrote the screenplay and also directed the production. However, producer Koji Shundo said that Saito's screenplay was "short and boring, it may be interesting to read, but to fit it into the two-hour time frame of a movie, it needs a twist of drama." Junya Sato was confused by Saito's script and did not film it according to draft. According to director Sato, he said, "The script that Mr.

The script written by Saito was published in the Big Comic Extra Edition Golgo 13 Omnibus Vol. 6 (ビッグコミック増刊 ゴルゴ13総集編 Vol.6), and regarding the fact that it was not filmed according to the script, Saito said, "The movie turned out to be completely different from what I had originally envisioned." All actors other than Ken Takakura, who played the lead role, were foreigners, and the Iranian actors included top star Pouri Banayi and newcomer actress…

The entire film was shot on location in Iran, and Junya Sato stated that the entire film was shot on location in the country, but Weekly Eiga News (週刊映画ニュース, Shūkan eiga nyūsu) reported that "After shooting the location Iran, some filming took place at a Japanese studio." Since it was the time of the Pahlavi dynasty, filming on location would not proceed unless we talked to the Pahlavi family about everything.

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