Movies

Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977) Japanese/Chinese action film starring Sonny Chiba as Duke Togo, super-assassin. Whereas the manga is pretty cerebral, focusing on the technical details of doing the impossible, this has a lot of chasing and fighting in exotic locales, including a Hong Kong junkyard which you don't get to see too often. Chiba has about fifteen lines as the taciturn Togo, and there is a topless night club scene so it's not a total loss. Otherwise a fairly standard film of its type - absurdly contrived with lots of bright colors and loud gunshots. I like those little '70s Datsun and Toyota sedans, and I think there was even a Hillman Minx in there. 6/10