The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
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Crappy film
Boring, long, and too preachy.
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
Yusaku Matsuda stars in this what the Japanese call action/romance movie. Matsuda was a very popular action star in Japan until his untimely demise after filming "The Black Rain" with Michael Douglas.Shohei Narumi (Yuusaku Matsuda) is a gun for hire. He's been recruited by Tonichi Electric company to rescue Chairman's son in law who's the president of the company from kidnappers. The kidnapping is a cover, and the real motive is over defense budget, and the rival company is trying to assassinate the key personnel of Tonichi Electric. The head of the rival company Seishiro Adachi is the ring leader of kidnappers. He has no qualms over killing people to forward his business agenda. Narumi is paid handsomely, and he accepts the contract. He finds that the story is not so strait forward as kidnappers includes the police. He's also asked to assassinate Adachi, but finds that Adachi is cohort with unexpected company.The story is very '70s Japan style that resembles the then popular action novel of Haruhiko Ooyabu. It's supposed to be very gritty and macho with lot of sexual innuendo, but compared to today's level of violence on cinema, it's very tame. It's almost innocent by today's standard. But like most of Yuusaku Matsuda's films, this is an entertaining movie. It has comical elements as well as plot that's fairly outrageous. It's sort of escapism, but it works.This movie is not to be taken too seriously. It's made for audience to just kick back and enjoy. The format is dated, but for old time Yuusaku Matsuda fans, this movie should give the right dose of his action.