Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
13/02/1971
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.
Movie Information
Bunta Sugawara
as Masaru Kokubun
Yumiko Nogawa
as Shizue Takigawa
Tatsuo Umemiya
as Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart)
Tsunehiko Watase
as Tatsumi Eiji
Toshiaki Minami
as Goro Sanuki
Hiroshi Nawa
as Ryujiro Tsuchida
Tatsuo Endō
as Detective Inukai
Yukie Kagawa
as High Jack
Riri Sasaki
as Fat Lady
Takuzō Kawatani
as Kazuo Tsukamoto
Kunio Kaga
as Tameyoshi Yazaki
Shōtarō Hayashi
as Yoshikazu Gondo
Akira Shioji
as Daimon Daigoro
Kinji Nakamura
as Genkichi Kunimatsu
Keiji Takamiya
as Takuji Yamazaki
Kenji Kusumoto
as Kouji Oyabu
Takashi Noguchi
as Yukio Fujinami
Yasumori Hikita
as Banzo Nagai
Kimiko Kamioka
as Noriko Tsuji
Isao Takanami
as Heihachi The Sludge
Katsutoshi Akiyama
as Hide The Smog
Hachirō Oka
as Tetsu The Cadmium
Yōko Koyama
as Tenko
Yōko Koyama
as Oyuki
Gorō Ōki
as Kunio Fukui
Kin'ya Suzuki
as Isao Kanazawa
Reiichi Hatanaka
as Geba Bon
Shôgo Egami
as Thug
Hiroshi Yahiro
as Shosuke Ono
Mitsuo Nagata
as Risaburo Miyaji
Eijirō Sekine
as Torao Sasaki
Kunijirō Yanagi
as Go Hoshimura
Mineko Maruhira
as Sakiko
Ryōta Minowada
as Tsuchiya
Koichi Kitamura
as Kenichi Inoko
Ayako Hidaka
as Old Woman
Seizō Fukumoto
as Tsuchida's Henchman
Yukio Miyagi
as Cabaret Manager
Jo Moriya
as Cabaret Boy
Kenji Ikeda
as Queer
Yasumori Hikita
as Harumoto
Tamaro Murata
as Harumoto
