ESPY (1974)
ActionScience FictionAdventureThriller
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
Director:
Jun Fukuda
Writer:
Ei Ogawa
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Hiroshi Fujioka as Yoshio Tamura |
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Kaoru Yumi as Maria Harada |
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Masao Kusakari as Jiro Miki |
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Yūzō Kayama as Hojo |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ulrov |
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Katsumasa Uchida as Goro Tatsumi |
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Steve Green as Prime Minister of Baltonia |
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Eiji Okada as Salabad |
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Gorō Mutsumi as Teraoka |
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Jimmy Shaw as Godnof |
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Andrew Hughes as PB |
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Willie Dorsey as Abdullah |
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Hatsuo Yamaya as Bohl |
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Robert Dunham as Airline Captain |
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Runa Takamura as Julietta (Counter-ESPY Fake Judy) |
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Ralph Jesser as Counter-ESPY agent |
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Franz Gruber as Counter-ESPY agent |
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Chico Lourant as United Nations negotiation committee member A (as Chico Roland) |
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Annest Harness as United Nations negotiation committee member B |
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Ralph Jesser as Gyaku-ESPY (Counter ESPY) A |
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Rainer Gessmann as Gyaku-ESPY (Counter ESPY) B |
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Franz Gruber as Gyaku-ESPY (Counter ESPY) C |
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Burt Johansson as Gyaku-ESPY (Counter ESPY) D |
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Jan Duquene as Secretary prime minister Baltonia (as Jan Dickene) |
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Gunther Greve as Prime minister guards official Baltonia (as Gunter Grave) |
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Robert Dunham as Captain special passenger plane |
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Henry Pan as Special passenger plane vice-captain (as Henry) |
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Julie Club as Miki of boyhood |
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Runa Takamura as Judy |
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Kelly Vancis as Judy of Girlhood |
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Yoshio Katsube as Kisha |
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Toshio Hosoi as Security Guard A |
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Hiroya Morita as Security Guard B |
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Shigeo Katō as International Conference Center Security Officer |
| Directing | Jun Fukuda | Director |
| Editing | Michiko Ikeda | Editor |
| Writing | Sakyo Komatsu | Novel |
| Writing | Ei Ogawa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shoji Ueda | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Kazuo Niibori | Stunts |
| Directing | Tsunesaburo Nishikawa | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fumio Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Kazutami Hara | Director of Photography |
| Art | Shinobu Muraki | Production Design |
| Sound | Toshiya Ban | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Masakuni Morimoto | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Takashi Nakao | Still Photographer |
| Production | Keisuke Shinoda | Production Manager |
| Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects Director |
| Directing | Kenjirô Ohmori | Co-Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Tabuchi | Special Effects |
| Crew | Yoshio Tabuchi | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Tabuchi | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Tabuchi | Visual Effects Director |
| Crew | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Motoyoshi Tomioka | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kazunobu Sanpei | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Kazunobu Sanpei | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Miyanishi | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Miyanishi | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Tadaaki Watanabe | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Yoshio Oguchi | Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Oguchi | VFX Lighting Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takeaki Tsukada | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Takeaki Tsukada | Animation |
| Crew | Shoji Ogawa | Special Effects |
| Crew | Takamitsu Watanabe | Fight Choreographer |
| Crew | Kazuyoshi Takahashi | Fight Choreographer |
| Crew | Kenyukai Ono | Fight Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masahisa Shimura | Costume Design |
| Sound | Masaaki Hirao | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kensuke Kyo | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masaaki Hirao | Songs |
| Sound | Kensuke Kyo | Music Arranger |
| Writing | Yoko Yamaguchi | Lyricist |
| Sound | Kiyohiko Ozaki | Vocals |
| Crew | Mitsuji Matsumoto | Special Effects |
| Camera | Kenichi Eguchi | Assistant Camera |