# The Bodyguard (1973)

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**Original title**: *ボディガード牙*
**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Ryuichi Takamori
**Written by**: Ryuzo Nakanishi, Ikki Kajiwara
**Starring**: Sonny Chiba, Mari Atsumi, Rinichi Yamamoto, Eiji Gō, Ryōhei Uchida, Masutatsu Oyama

> *Sonny Chiba, hired to kill... If his kick doesn't get you... his fatal fist will!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cold neon Tokyo dawn, 1973, a phalanx of microphones swallowing its own echoes.

A karate fist pledges to burn every link in Japan’s underworld, then a woman in a trench coat steps forward offering names—if protected.

Takeshi films it like a grimy urban ballad.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, raw

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