The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Osamu Dezaki
Shichirô Kobayashi

Writer:

Takao Saitô (comic)

Release Date:

23 October 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

He shoots...he scores...he'll blow you away!

Plot:

The action packed life of the professional assassin Golgo 13 (AKA Duke Togo). This guy makes James Bond look like Maxwell Smart.

Plot Keywords:

Professional Assassin | Assassin | Professional | Twins | U.S. Army

Cast

Kiyoshi Kobayashi	...	Gen. T. Jefferson
Tetsurô Sagawa	...	Golgo 13
Gorô Naya	...	Leonard Dawson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Dantona	...	Bishop Moretti (voice: English version)
Carlos Ferro	...	Thomas Waltham (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	E. Young (voice: English version)
Eddie Frierson	...	Gold (voice: English version)
Toshiko Fujita	...	Cindy / Dr. Zed
Milt Jamin	...	Albert (voice: English version) (as Milt James)
Steve Kramer	...	Paco (voice: English version)
Joyce Kurtz	...	Cindy (voice: English version)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Pablo, Silver (voice: English version)
Edward Mannix	...	Gen. Jefferson (voice: English version) (as Ed Mannix)
Michael McConnohie	...	Leonard Dawson (voice: English version)
Diane Michelle	...	Rita (voice: English version)
Karlyn Michelson	...	Emily (voice: English version)
Edie Mirman	...	Laura (voice: English version)
Reiko Mutô	...	Laura Dawson
Tony Oliver	...	Robert Dawson (voice: English version)
David Povall	...	F. Garvin (voice: English version)
Mike Reynolds	...	Lt. Bob Bragen (voice: English version)
Gregory Snegoff	...	Duke 'Golgo 13' Togo / Snake (voice: English version) (as Greg Snegoff)
Kumiko Takizawa	...	Rita
Jeff Winkless	...	Informant (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Golgo 13

Runtime:

UK:91 min | USA:95 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:R | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Trivia:

The car Rita was driving was a Ford Thunderbird.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Ford dealership Rita runs in San Francisco displays models (including the modified Ford Laser hatchback Duke Togo uses in his getaway) that were for the European market only. The only exception is the Ford Thunderbird Rita drives to pick up Duke Togo from the airport.

Quotes:

F. Garvin: Mr. Dawson, the FBI has always been at your complete disposal and...
Leonard Dawson: You call that complete? Go comb the federal prison, but get me someone to finish him off.
F. Garvin: Federal Prison? What do you mean by that?
Leonard Dawson: Garvin, you're far too smart to be this stupid

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

He shoots! He scores!

The baddest professional asassain I've ever seen! Good anime flick. The main character, golgo 13 is a character so stoic, so stonefaced, that he hardly cracks even a hint of emotion even when in the act of having hot sex. There's a good deal of that in the movie, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the plot, but that's the standard bug about most anime movies I've seen. Oh well, the kiddos should get a good thrill out of it anyway. The action is intense! This guy is an amazing shot, with either his modified M 16 or his revolver. My favorite scene is when he goes head to head with Snake (a repulsive, toothless villain who uses bladed yo-yos to kill his victims. I'm not making this up,) in an elevator. The final brawl he had with the twin killers Silver and Gold was cool too, but given how much they hyped up the two characters beforehand, I frankly expected them to put up more of a fight. Anyway, it's a great anime flick.