Movies: Chieko Sekita

In 1979 Toei president Shigeru Okada saw the future. More precisely, he saw Walter Hill's The Warriors in the US prior to its Japanese opening. Okada rushed back to make his own version. "Towards the 80! Our era! Now filming!" the trailer exclaimed. ...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase....