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Release Date:
December 19, 1981
Original Title:
燃える勇者
Alternate Titles:
Burning Grave
Moeru yusha
Genres:
Action | Drama
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Jo has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa where the family had been living throughout most of Jo's life. Once the funeral was over, he missed the boat that was going to take him back home, and, because of an altered itinerary, he ends up stopping in a town for awhile -- striking up an acquaintance with a teenager and her grandfather when he captures their runaway horse. He would have been glad to leave after the proper amenities were completed, but the girl's journalist brother is murdered -- he was getting too close to wrapping a major news story. At that point, Jo and a friend cannot easily drop the matter as though nothing had occurred, and the two start to track down the source of the trouble -- a factory that makes poison gas for Third World buyers. Now their task is to dismantle the operation, prevent one train shipment from arriving at a transfer point, and find the journalist's killer.
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Action Director:
Sonny Chiba
Art Direction:
Akira Takahashi
Yoshikazu Sano
Director:
Tōru Dobashi
Director of Photography:
Isamu Iguchi
Editor:
Isamu Ichida
Music Producer:
Suzuki Masakatsu
Original Music Composer:
Yasunori Tsuchida
Producer:
Tatsuo Honda
Kimihiko Sato
Screenplay:
Tōru Dobashi
Isao Matsumoto
Sadao Nakajima
Sound Effects:
Minoru Nagata
Sound Recordist:
Teruhiko Arakawa
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