After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman assassins.After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman assassins.After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman assassins.
- Duke Togo
- (voice)
- …
- Leonard Dawson
- (voice)
- Cindy
- (voice)
- Bob Bragan
- (voice)
- Laura Dawson
- (voice)
- Robert Dawson
- (voice)
- Pago
- (voice)
- Bishop Moretti
- (voice)
- The Clockmaker
- (voice)
- Bodyguard
- (voice)
- …
- Bodyguard
- (voice)
- …
- Big Snake
- (voice)
- Emily Dawson
- (voice)
- Albert
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe CG sequence with the skeletons featured on the DVD was originally omitted from the VHS versions released in the US, for reasons unknown.
- GoofsThe Ford dealership that Rita runs in San Francisco displays models (including the modified Ford Laser hatchback Golgo 13 uses in his getaway) that were produced for the European market only. The only exception in this case is Rita's Ford Thunderbird.
- Quotes
[as Leonard Dawson commits suicide by falling to his death, Robert's last letter is heard]
Robert Dawson: Father... please forgive me for having to leave my last message like this. I swear it'll be my first, and only opposition to you. Father, thank you for the enormous love you gave me for 29 years. I still remember my sixth birthday, when you baked the only cake you ever made for me. It was delicious. I also remember my high school graduation, where you cried the only tears you ever shed for me. It was very grateful. And thank you so much for you all your kindness to my wife Laura, and my daughter Emily. Father... I know you have such terribly high hopes for me, and being incapable of fulfilling those hopes, and having to push them away caused me terrible pain. Because you see, father... I couldn't even have the courage to put an end my own life. So I have decided to ask someone else to kill me. I believe... that he will do a good job. To my great father, the Emperor of Petroleum, Leonard Dawson. From your disobedient son, Robert.
- Crazy creditsDue to Streamline Pictures' policy of replacing Japanese opening credit sequences with English language ones, the CG/stop-motion opening is replaced with the film's logo as it appears on posters and in advertising.
- Alternate versionsGolgo 13: The Professional was banned in Singapore.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toyo Links Demo (1983)
- SoundtracksPray for You
Released by Polystar Records
Performed by Cynthia Wood (as Cindy Wood)
Lyrics by Yôko Aki
Composed by Gôji Tsuno
Arranged by Toshiyuki Ohmori
In a way it reminds me of 70's movies Italian movies or maybe French Alain Delon. It does unfold in Europe and, beside Golgo himself and maybe Snake, all characters are European or American. The final fight against weird and powerful assassins is clearly Japanese though.
Bottom line: nice anime, but kind of pointless. It is impossible to sympathize with the main character and, in the end, you don't care if he lives or dies. That's the main drawback of a film that, otherwise, is pretty good.
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- Gross worldwide
- $87