ESPY (film)
ESPY | |
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Directed by | Jun Fukuda |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Sakyo Komatsu |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Masaharu Ueda[1] |
Edited by | [1] |
Music by | |
Production company | Toho-Eizo[1] |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
ESPY (エスパイ, Esupai) is a 1974 film based on a story by Sakyo Komatsu.[2] The film was directed by Jun Fukuda from a screenplay by .[1] It stars Hiroshi Fujioka, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Eiji Okada.[3]
Plot[]
The International Psychic Power Group is a covert organization financed by the United Nations. Made up of clairvoyant supermen under the guise of the International Pollution Research Center, they wage a private war against enemies that threaten world peace and the total annihilation of the human race. With hostility between the East and West reaching a boiling point, four Eastern European delegates are assassinated aboard the Milan-Geneva International Express on their way to the United Nations for the Mediation Committee of International Dispute. The Baltonian Prime Minister is the next to be targeted for termination. A ruthless psychic assassin named Goro hunts down the psychokinetic saviors, themselves marked for death by an anti-ESPY group led by the insidious and superhuman Ulrov, who plans to destroy mankind by initiating World War III.
Cast[]
- Hiroshi Fujioka as Yoshio Tamura
- Kaoru Yumi as Maria Harada
- Masao Kusakari as Jiro Miki
- Yuzo Kayama as Hojo
- Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ulrov
- Katsumasa Uchida as Gorou Tatsumi
- as the Prime Minister of Baltonia
- Andrew Hughes as P.B.
- Eiji Okada as Salabad
- Gorō Mutsumi as teraoka
Release[]
ESPY was released theatrically in Japan on 28 December 1974, where it was distributed by Toho.[1] It was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles and a 94-minute running time in 1975.[1] It was released to home video as E.S.P./SPY with an English-language dub by UPA of America and with an 86-minute running time.[1]
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Galbraith IV 2008, p. 299.
- ^ "About Sakyo Komatsu". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "エスパイ". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
Sources[]
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
External links[]
- 1974 films
- Toho tokusatsu films
- Japanese films
- Films directed by Jun Fukuda
- 1970s science fiction films
- UPA films
- Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Spy fiction
- Science fiction film stubs
- 1970s Japanese film stubs