ESPY (film)
ESPY (エスパイ, Esupai?) is a 1974 film based on the novel of the same name by Sakyo Komatsu. The film was directed by Jun Fukuda from a screenplay by Ei Ogawa. It stars Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Tomisaburo Wakayama, and Eiji Okada. The film was released to U.S. television under the title E.S.P./Spy, which remained onscreen for its VHS release under the international title, ESPY.
Plot
The film deals with the recruitment of racecar driver Jiro Miki (Kusakari) and his dog, Cheetah, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime. The major villain is Wolf (Wakayama), whose behavior stems as a result of the prejudicial murder of his father over his father's psychic abilities.
Cast
- Yoshio Tamura ......... Hiroshi Fujioka
- Maria Harada ......... Kaoru Yumi
- Jirou Miki ........ Masao Kusakari
- Houjou ........ Yuuzou Kayama
- Wolf ....... Tomisaburo Wakayama
- Gorou Tatsumi ...... Katsumasa Uchida
- Prime minister of Baltonia ........ Steve Green
- Sarabad ........ Eiji Okada
- Teraoka ........ Gorou Mutsumi
- Godnof ....... Jimmy Show
- United Nations negotiation committee member Ａ ........ Roger woode
- United Nations negotiation committee member Ｂ ........ Annest harness
- Ｐ・Ｂ ......... Andrew Hughes
- Abdullah ......... Willie Dorsey
- Bohl ......... Hatsuo Yamaya
- Gyaku-ESPY（Counter ESPY） A .......... Ralph Jesser
- Gyaku-ESPY（Counter ESPY） B ......... Gelmal Riner
- Gyaku-ESPY（Counter ESPY） C ......... Franz Gruber
- Gyaku-ESPY（Counter ESPY） D ......... Burt Johansson
- Secretary prime minister Baltonia ......... Jan Dickene
- Prime minister guards official Baltonia ..........Gunter Grave
- Captain special passenger plane ........ Robert Dunham
- Special passenger plane vice-captain ......... Henry
- Miki of boyhood ......... Julie Club
- Judy ........ Runa Takamura
- Judy of girlhood ........ Kelly Vancis
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