ESPY (film)

ESPY (エスパイ, Esupai) is a 1974 film based on a story by Sakyo Komatsu.[2] The film was directed by Jun Fukuda from a screenplay by Ei Ogawa.[1] It stars Hiroshi Fujioka, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Eiji Okada.[3]

ESPY
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJun Fukuda
Screenplay byEi Ogawa
Story bySakyo Komatsu
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMasaharu Ueda[1]
Edited byMichiko Ikeda[1]
Music by
  • Masaaki Hirao
  • Kensuke Kyo[1]
Production
company
Toho-Eizo[1]
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) (Japan)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryJapan

Plot

The International Psychic Power Group is a covert organization financed by the United Nations. Made up of clairvoyant supermen under the guise of the International Pollution Research Center, they wage a private war against enemies that threaten world peace and the total annihilation of the human race. With hostility between the East and West reaching a boiling point, four Eastern European delegates are assassinated aboard the Milan-Geneva International Express on their way to the United Nations for the Mediation Committee of International Dispute. The Baltonian Prime Minister is the next to be targeted for termination. A ruthless psychic assassin named Goro hunts down the psychokinetic saviors, themselves marked for death by an anti-ESPY group led by the insidious and superhuman Ulrov, who plans to destroy mankind by initiating World War III.

Cast

[1]

Release

ESPY was released theatrically in Japan on 28 December 1974, where it was distributed by Toho.[1] It was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles and a 94-minute running time in 1975.[1] It was released to home video with the on-screen title E.S.P./SPY with a 1984 English-language dub for television syndication by UPA of America and with an 86-minute running time by Paramount/Gateway in 1994.[1]

References

Footnotes
  1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 299.
  2. "About Sakyo Komatsu". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "エスパイ". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

Sources
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.


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