Golgo 13 (Japanese: ゴルゴ13, romanized: Gorugo Sātīn; Persian: گلگو ۱۳) is a 1973 Japanese–Iranian action film directed by Junya Sato, starring Ken Takakura as the international assassin Golgo 13. It is the first live-action movie based on the Japanese manga series Golgo 13. It was filmed almost entirely in the Imperial State of Iran, with an almost entirely Persian supporting cast. It was followed by the film Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977), starring Sonny Chiba.[1]
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Directed by | Junya Sato |
Written by | Takao Saito K. Motomitsu |
Based on | Golgo 13 by Takao Saito |
Produced by | Koji Shundo |
Starring | Ken Takakura |
Cinematography | Masahiko Iimura |
Edited by | Osamu Tanaka |
Music by | Chūji Kinoshita |
Distributed by | Toei |
Release date | 29 December 1973 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Countries | Japan Iran |
Languages | Japanese Persian |
Box office | ¥1.1 billion (est.) |
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It was the seventh highest-grossing Japanese film of 1974, earning a distribution rental income of ¥404 million in Japan.[2] This was equivalent to an estimated box office gross revenue of approximately ¥1.1 billion[3] ($4.05 million),[4] which is equivalent to approximately ¥2.8 billion ($35 million) adjusted for inflation in 2012.[5]
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