Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971)
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.

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara Bunta Sugawara As: Masaru Kokubun
Yumiko Nogawa Yumiko Nogawa As: Shizue Takigawa
Tatsuo Umemiya Tatsuo Umemiya As: Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart)
Tsunehiko Watase Tsunehiko Watase As: Tatsumi Eiji
Toshiaki Minami Toshiaki Minami As: Goro Sanuki
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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.


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Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 13 February 1971

Country: JP

Runtime: 87m

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Company: Toei Company

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Masaru Kokubun

Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Shizue Takigawa

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart)

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Tatsumi Eiji

Toshiaki Minami

Toshiaki Minami

Goro Sanuki

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Ryujiro Tsuchida

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Detective Inukai

Yukie Kagawa

Yukie Kagawa

High Jack

Riri Sasaki

Riri Sasaki

Fat Lady

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Kazuo Tsukamoto

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Tameyoshi Yazaki

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Yoshikazu Gondo

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Daimon Daigoro

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Genkichi Kunimatsu

Keiji Takamiya

Keiji Takamiya

Takuji Yamazaki

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Kouji Oyabu

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Yukio Fujinami

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Banzo Nagai

Kimiko Kamioka

Kimiko Kamioka

Noriko Tsuji

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Heihachi The Sludge

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Hide The Smog

Hachirō Oka

Hachirō Oka

Tetsu The Cadmium

Yōko Koyama

Yōko Koyama

Tenko

Yōko Koyama

Yōko Koyama

Oyuki

Gorō Ōki

Gorō Ōki

Kunio Fukui

Kin'ya Suzuki

Kin'ya Suzuki

Isao Kanazawa

Reiichi Hatanaka

Reiichi Hatanaka

Geba Bon

Shôgo Egami

Shôgo Egami

Thug

Hiroshi Yahiro

Hiroshi Yahiro

Shosuke Ono

Mitsuo Nagata

Mitsuo Nagata

Risaburo Miyaji

Eijirō Sekine

Eijirō Sekine

Torao Sasaki

Kunijirō Yanagi

Kunijirō Yanagi

Go Hoshimura

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Sakiko

Ryōta Minowada

Ryōta Minowada

Tsuchiya

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Kenichi Inoko

Ayako Hidaka

Ayako Hidaka

Old Woman

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Tsuchida's Henchman

Yukio Miyagi

Yukio Miyagi

Cabaret Manager

Jo Moriya

Jo Moriya

Cabaret Boy

Kenji Ikeda

Kenji Ikeda

Queer

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Harumoto

Tamaro Murata

Tamaro Murata

Harumoto

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Motoya Washio

Motoya Washio

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