City Hunter is an action comedy film directed by Yûichi Satô from a screenplay by Tsukasa Hôjô and Tatsuro Mishima. Based on a popular manga series of the same name by Tsukasa Hojo, the Netflix film follows the story of a private investigator as he teams up with his late partner’s sister to solve his mysterious murder which is connected to a deadly conspiracy. So, if you loved the style, humor, action, and philandering ways of Ryo Saeba in City Hunter, here are some similar films you could watch next.
City Hunter Credit – Golden Harvest
31 years before Suzuki Ryohei took on the role of the philandering Ryo Saeba, the legendary Jackie Chan also starred as the main character in another adaptation of the popular manga by Tsukasa Hojo. Directed by Jing Wong, the 1993 film follows the story of a lustful private investigator who is searching for a missing girl...
City Hunter Credit – Golden Harvest
31 years before Suzuki Ryohei took on the role of the philandering Ryo Saeba, the legendary Jackie Chan also starred as the main character in another adaptation of the popular manga by Tsukasa Hojo. Directed by Jing Wong, the 1993 film follows the story of a lustful private investigator who is searching for a missing girl...
- 5/5/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
In an era where the anime/manga adaptations were much less in frequency and quality, the live-action edition of “City Hunter” was one of the most accomplished, particularly due to the combination of Wong Jing as director and Jackie Chan as protagonist, both of which could be characterized as the embodiments of the action comedy, that is the main genre of the franchise.
Ryo Saeba and his assistant Kaori Makimura (who is in love with him and has to put up with his constant womanizing and lazyness) are assigned to locate Shizuko Imamura, the runaway daughter of the CEO of a prominent Japanese newspaper. After a fight that ends up with Kaori abandoning him, Ryo finds himself on Shizuko’s heels aboard a leisure ship, which, unfortunately for both of them, is under attack by an international crime syndicate headed by “Don Mac” who wants to kidnap the passengers.
Ryo Saeba and his assistant Kaori Makimura (who is in love with him and has to put up with his constant womanizing and lazyness) are assigned to locate Shizuko Imamura, the runaway daughter of the CEO of a prominent Japanese newspaper. After a fight that ends up with Kaori abandoning him, Ryo finds himself on Shizuko’s heels aboard a leisure ship, which, unfortunately for both of them, is under attack by an international crime syndicate headed by “Don Mac” who wants to kidnap the passengers.
- 10/6/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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