Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971)
The fourth film in the Kanto Street Peddlers series. The protagonist, played by Bunta Sugawara sides with female boss Yumiko Nogawa to fight evil Hiroshi Nawa, who at one point employs rebellious young hood Tsunehiko Watase and Kagawa. Tatsuo Umemiya also shows up as a cool, leather jacket gunman who gains Sugawara’s respect despite playing for the opposing team. What eventually keeps this film from being as good as the first is the loose script that doesn’t really tie all the fun stuff into a coherent package. Much is forgiven however when the last 20 minutes arrives with several visually striking set pieces (including one death scene stylized to the point of ridiculousness) and a terrific final massacre. This was Suzuki’s last contribution to the series; the fifth and final picture would be helmed by Takashi Harada.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
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Bunta Sugawara as Masaru Kokubun |
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Yumiko Nogawa as Shizue Takigawa |
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Tatsuo Umemiya as Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart) |
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Tsunehiko Watase as Tatsumi Eiji |
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Toshiaki Minami as Goro Sanuki |
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Hiroshi Nawa as Ryujiro Tsuchida |
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Tatsuo Endō as Detective Inukai |
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Yukie Kagawa as High Jack |
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Riri Sasaki as Fat Lady |
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Takuzō Kawatani as Kazuo Tsukamoto |
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Kunio Kaga as Tameyoshi Yazaki |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as Yoshikazu Gondo |
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Akira Shioji as Daimon Daigoro |
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Kinji Nakamura as Genkichi Kunimatsu |
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Keiji Takamiya as Takuji Yamazaki |
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Kenji Kusumoto as Kouji Oyabu |
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Takashi Noguchi as Yukio Fujinami |
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Yasumori Hikita as Banzo Nagai |
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Kimiko Kamioka as Noriko Tsuji |
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Isao Takanami as Heihachi The Sludge |
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Katsutoshi Akiyama as Hide The Smog |
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Hachirō Oka as Tetsu The Cadmium |
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Yōko Koyama as Tenko |
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Yōko Koyama as Oyuki |
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Gorō Ōki as Kunio Fukui |
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Kinya Suzuki as Isao Kanazawa |
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Reiichi Hatanaka as Geba Bon |
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Shôgo Egami as Thug |
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Hiroshi Yahiro as Shosuke Ono |
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Mitsuo Nagata as Risaburo Miyaji |
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Eijirō Sekine as Torao Sasaki |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as Go Hoshimura |
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Mineko Maruhira as Sakiko |
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Ryōta Minowada as Tsuchiya |
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Koichi Kitamura as Kenichi Inoko |
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Ayako Hidaka as Old Woman |
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Seizō Fukumoto as Tsuchida's Henchman |
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Yukio Miyagi as Cabaret Manager |
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Jo Moriya as Cabaret Boy |
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Kenji Ikeda as Queer |
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Yasumori Hikita as Harumoto |
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Tamaro Murata as Harumoto |
| Writing | Seiko Shimura | Writer |
| Writing | Norifumi Suzuki | Writer |
| Directing | Norifumi Suzuki | Director |
| Crew | Motoya Washio | Cinematography |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
