I wonder how well Israel's Krav Maga experts would do against psychos like Gold or Silver. The "mind" stuff of east asian martial arts exists PRECISELY because of psychos like them. The only way to be as strong, and resilient as a psychopath, is to cultivate a powerful mind yourself, but without the debilitating mental illness. Only a disciplined and focused mind can overcome a psychopath. Modern martial arts such as Krav Maga neglect that, and that is why they're weak.
Can anyone upload the whole final battle? With Golgo fighting Snake, the helicopters, and then these two assassins, followed by the final confrontation between Golgo and Leonard?
What I loved about this movie is that Duke recieved a bit of a challenge. These guys plus Snake were the only enemies I know of who were actually able to hurt him before Duke emerged victorious. In the TV series, none of his enemies even manage to lay so much of a scratch on him.
Does this movie remind you of NInja Scroll meets Wanted? i guess this movie influenced that Angelina Jolie movie and the graphic novel. It also influenced Kill Bill since Tarantino is a fan of this movie. If you liked this movie, check out Perfect Blue and Urosukidoji Legend of the Overfiend
@Johnlindsey289 Yes. It does actually make me think of Ninja Scroll and Wanted for some reason. Really? This movie influenced that Angelina Jolie movie and Kill Bill? That's odd! Cuz I don't remember anywhere saying that Tarantino is a fan of this movie. Did he ever mentioned or refrenced this movie in any of his documentations? I'm just asking.
Actually Wanted was a graphic novel first and i have a theory that it inspired that graphic novel. Tarantino is an anime fan and i believe he liked this movie to influence Kill Bill on the anime sequence.
It also borrows heavily from the old detective noir movies. The scene where he visits his friend the clock maker, and the clock maker spins on his chair? That was straight out of a De Palma movie.
@Akyho yeah, seriously though, guys, I'm really into noir stuff; The Crow (first one only), Dark City, The Matrix trilogy, but, man, even by my standards of tolerance, the original Golgo 13 anime is just DARK, oh my god. Although it is mostly myth, it conveys the emotional substance of the criminal underworld. Even in daylight, criminals, killers, live in darkness. This anime conveys that just beautifully.
Christ, sometimes you really just have to wonder how Duke gets through a "normal" (according to him) day without every sociopath, rapist-murderer, and career killer from every corner of the globe trying to fucking kill him.
The poor guy probably can't even wake up and have a decent breakfast without having some homicidal midget with a straight razor jumping out of his fridge and trying to get the drop on him.
I know I sound like a sissy for saying this, but, the first time I watched Golgo 13 I think I was 14 way back in1995 and, Gold and Silver scared the living piss out of me. First time a "cartoon" had actually creeped me out.
Why there is no American live-action version of this...Do one, Hollywood! People like us love it and we need it! The Sonny Chiba G-13 was cool, but what about this stuff?
@BatesKrisbates It would have to be a collaboration between Japanese studios, namely the owners of Golgo 13, the Wachowsky Brothers, and Eon pictures (who make James bond), Eon's help would be needed because they have experience with that sort of stuff, besides the character is similar to James Bond.
@BatesKrisbates actual production, would not be a problem, you wouldn't even need big name actors, at most you are looking at "only" 50 million dollars. The problem, would be "grown up" american audiences not knowing who the fuck Golgo 13 is, and upon finding out its "based on a cartoon," the "grown ups" will say 'I don't have time for that bullshit" despite the seinen demographic.
@BatesKrisbates think man; the moment movie goers in their 40's or older find out its a "cartoon," people would not go watch. Heck even as young as their 20's who aren't anime fans, and the anime fan base just isn't big enough. People are stupid, and prejudiced; despite it being animated the plot of Golgo 13 is in fact more mature than anything in a James Bond movie who, if you ask me, is MORE of a caricature.
@BatesKrisbates nevertheless, people don't see things that way. Think of Arnold movies; they're all cartoons for grown ups who drink beer. The fact that its live action, makes it for "grown ups" and nothing else. The movie could be good, at only 50 million, with the Wachowsky's directing, Japanese studios for consulting, and Eon writting, but the marketing would be a nightmare and despite it being well made it would be a flop.
Ophiuchus123456789 u should look up DEATH NOTE. CLAYMORE and HELLSING great series not movies but classics really good and let me just say its the original HELLSING not the OVA remakes or woteva that is peace. And this GOLGO 13 is my alltime fav.
I loved the build up to these two guys. They sounded very disturbing and I remember the story of them being the only survivors of the casnnibal island or something.
There are some truly amazing classic Mangas but I fear I've seen the best already.
Do you have any suggestions.
My favs are Ninja Scroll, Akira, Golgo 13, The Wings of Honeymaise and those collection of films made in the same style as Porco Rosso and the Flying Castle one....
could do with finding a good manga. They always have me glued to the screen and captivated by the art.
As far as I know, this movie marks as the only place where Golgo 13 had faced against enemies that were truly worth a challenge. Because considering the direction that Queen Bee and the current TV series has taken, Duke Togo has no worthy challengers, and all his other enemies are but ordinary men compared to his seemingly superhuman capabilities.
No kidding. Considering how badly he was hurt in the fight against those two psychos, Duke would have to go see a doctor to treat the injury in his midsection!
Well, I can tell you this much; Snake would definitely waste that one-eyed, white haired commando freak from Queen Bee. But in fact, anybody could kick that guy's ass. Not to mention he was WAY too easy for Duke.
True ahead of it's time. Great feel to it when the bad guys are introduced especially Gold and Silver with there custom made mob suits great would be a good movie.
The whole aspect of being in contact with people like that is really disturbing. But what is really fucked up is the thought that there probably people that is like that for real. ever heard of the section 8 people from vietnam?
Silver wore that mask to cover his ugly and mutilated face. For all we know, his face must have been burned during battle. He looks like the Crypt Keeper! No wonder he wore a mask!
Gold & Silver were utterly baddazz. When I was a kid I was so mezmerized by these two. 1st there's the wierd screams then there's the mask and the pretty face with the creepy gaze and 1 golden eye, then of course theres the strange body suits and the fact they just dont seem to die. And to top it all off, a steel leg and a steel arm. they dont use gunz! so creativ! thier story is cool too, 1000 soldiers in the amazon in a top secrect expirament and only they survived...how cool is that? ^_^!!!!
I can only imagine that the things those two have been through during the survival test was enough to drive a man insane. That and their obsession for killing people must have completely altered their minds. No wonder they're insane. What explains their endurance and ability to withstand a few gun shots is beyond me. But these guys are two perfect examples of seriously disturbed psychos. Though I think Gold is crazier than Silver.
Yeah that superhuman aspect to these guys is so kool, just so kool. and yeah, they r totally inanse. Gold maybe even a lil more....wierd thought...hm....hafta meditate on that one. They R both even more evil than even snake, in some ways, because they arent drooling or slobbering like he does. They seem to have more refinement. eariler in the film they dress in suits. I thought yer eariler observations were all very precise. This was ahead of its time. Id like to see a re-make.
Is that so? Well, I think Snake was cooler, but that doesn't mean I don't have enough room for Gold and Silver. It's ashame though that Snake's background was never given or fleshed out. Some fans speculate that he was a genetic experiment of some sort. The part with the duo wearing buisness suits seemed to indicate what little humanity or curtesy they had left.
nice call on the suits. Its interesting to meet a fan of snake. Ive been watching the video of snake and golgo which is in related vids. I think he was some kind of government proj too. He knows marital arts, we know that. His outfit facinates me also, just tenis shoes and somehting that looks almost like a hospital uniform, like something worn by a doctor. very cool observations man.
I agree with you, especially with Gold. If I were Golgo 13 and I knew what type of a person Gold really is, I would of shot Silver once in the hear and gone nuts on Gold with the remaining four bullets. The part with Gold laughing and slowly crushing Golgo 13's stomach is creepy lol.
@MDthornton83 that's Japanese superstition, one of the negative aspects of Buddhism. Mental disorders are seen by superstitious religious Buddhists, as representing a corrupted soul, some souls are so corrupted they are borderline demonic, that is why Gold and Silver can take direct shots.
@MDthornton83 I know it sounds messed up, but there are Buddhists in Japan who actually believe that, namely, that mental derangement is can go as far as a spiritual level. In short, they can survive bullet wounds longer than normal, because Gold and Silver are pure evil; the animators played on that obviously to make Golgo 13 more heroic, like I stated in other comments the character is a modern Samurai.
Come to think of it, I can actually see that "Samurai" type characteristic in Golgo 13's personality. And I have to agree; he is a modern day Samurai.
@MDthornton83 no man you're wrong I'm disagreeing with you now because I just like to argue. Just kidding; even down to his amoralism he's "modern." I mean, a sense of good and evil is for the feudal era, a more modern samurai given the secular atmosphere of Japan, would therefore be amoral. Probably done deliberately and thanks.
I'm way ahead of you on that one. I already have seen it. In fact, I've known this movie for at least a decade now. And I love it. It's a classic. It's pretty obscure and underrated, but it's a classic nevertheless.
Today's golgo13 is definitely hybrid. No one knows his origin, but untill now, the episode searching, such as a part of ethnic origin of golgo13, Slavic, Jewish, American, Germanic, British, Eastern Asian; those have been guessed and written but never to be answered.
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Nope, I am quite sure the ethnic origin for the ORIGINAL Golgo 13, is in fact Manchurian. Just look up anthropology books or even google. Japanese racism is what largely forced the writers to change the origin from implied manchurian to "somewhere in east asia" with a heavy implication that he was Japanese. Also come on, Ken Takakura looks NOTHING like Golgo 13!
"Japanese racism is what largely forced the writers to change the origin"
WTF is this? Excuse us, due to your context I can't quite figureout what u r trying to say, but I guess here. Whatever you wish, or I wish, you can't make up the fake story line against the writer. That's not smart, even if you are just kidding. Sorry to make you disapointed how the real Manchurian look like and who the model of the original golgo13 is. I just told you the story of the truth.
The early Golgo 13's never explained his origin, and perhaps he did look like the Japanese actor, nevertheless; there IS a manga, taking place in the late 60's, that strongly implies he's Manchurian. That story is no longer relevant in the current Golgo 13 issues, and I have typed this before, because it would make the character over 70. The original Golgo 13 was a cold blooded killer, it was explained, because he was a chinese 5 year old boy who shot a Japanese soldier that raped his sister.
I see wat you trying to say. None of origin related episodes are concluded. I guess you are talking about the following one episode. His sister was raped by Soviet soldier in Manchu, because golgo's father was the ruthless terrorist, who belonged to Japanese soldier. And his mother - the teacher of school in Qiqihar - Manchu - was probably Manchurian in this episode.
The episode which u saw is ep 293 which was included in 86th comic. The title is "禿鷲伝説" it is written in 1989/2. Actually this is 8th of the golgo 13's origin related episode. And What u mean "translated scans and show" ? Dude! Who the hell r u thinking yourself? Do it by yourself and show it up and ask people if you don't believe me then. If u answer me with wat deserves nothing 2 discuss again, I don't reply to you anymore, which, I guess, would be my next answer.
Your comments ARE based on the episode 293. Just because since I pointed out the name of the title & all the facts to details about the episode, this time u turned to try telling a lie as u could. You've been just trying to make up as u like even the truth is completely different.
It's up to u to guess whatever golgo's ethinic origin is but u CAN'T frame up the truth in ur trying to make up the fake story. If u keep it up in everywhere like that, u would completry get to lose ur faith.
Now I am aware that some people like to confuse the issue, and do things such as tamper with the results of DNA test webpages, but I'm not one of those people. Nor would I ever DREAM of showing a manga that I tampered with using Photoshop! Not only do I not have that program on this computer, I wouldn't know how to use it!
First: You broke ur logic which had made up golgo's origin. Because writer already intervewd who was the model of the early golgo 13.
Next: You failed in making up the story in the Manga. You were suggesting no 1 knows the details. But here I knew the detaile of the episode. Sorry.
Now: You chaged ur opinion from 70's to 60's. Whatever u try, it's pointless because the ep 293 was never created till 1989 anyway. What's the title & character called in ur original ep that was written by you? lol
I didn't break my logic; and I can't remember clearly if it was late 60's or early 70's, however I do know it was that general time period. And, episode?
there are no episodes in Manga! They're comics they're called ISSUES.
Nope, sorry, early Golgo 13 is Manchu origin implied.
Just see wat you've said in here, your opinion changes like an excuse of some dishonest polititian. Here is the simple advice to you again, well, you can guess whatever origin of the character, but u CAN'T frame up the truth in ur trying to make up the fake story. Ask yourself.
I don't care what anyone else thinks or says, I know my facts about the early comics; to me, Golgo 13 looks VERY Manchurian. I think he was deliberately drawn that way.
Golgo 13 is more or less an "Asianified" version of Sean Connery's incarnation of James Bond, although Golgo 13 makes James Bond look like an amateur in comparison.
Damn it, Japan! Quit taking cool fictional characters from America, Europe, and Austrailia and making them even more awesome!
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No you're right about that; I was talking about the early comic books, and yeah you're right about him looking like Sean Connery but see, if he was an asiafied Sean Connery, the asiafiying in question, was done using northern Chinese features, especifically manchu, originally :-)
No. Check out the "mongoloid" photo of wikipedia how the original Manchurian looks like. Today's western Manchurians are quite mixed with Turkish people, they are different from original Manchurian - most of whom live in Beijing.
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nope, I'm quite certain he's Manchurian, the Manchurian people have always had high nose bridges compared to other Chinese. First of all, second, the original Turks were ASIAN. Pure Turks are almost indestinguishable from other east asians in fact, the way their women were sexually exploited by Arabs, resulted in that, among Arabs today, sometimes slanted eyes will show up among the lower class tribes.
Are you Manchurian? Sorry, in fact, he dosen't look like Machurian at all. Just an anthropological fact, The original Manchrian dosen't have high nose bridge. I know pure Turks DON'T look like Eastern asian. The orininal Turks and Manchurians have DIFFERENT origin. They advented in asia, same area, but they are different race and appeared in the different time. Just a common sence. I bet you talking Manchurian who live in Wiggle - mixed with Turks. I'm talking about PURE Manchruian in China.
If there was live version of this film, it would be sooooo butchered by Hollywood. Golgo 13 would need two versions. The watered down PG-13 that could run up to 6p.m. and Saturday matinees, then the raw NC-17 version that can run up until midnight. Oh yeah the storyline is cool too. The story might be messed with also.
Agreed. The Watchmen was massive. Pushing the R rating to almost an NC-17 if u know what I mean as far as graphic content, so Golgo could be a go go along the same lines as Watchmen hell even Pulp Fiction.
Funny you should say that. Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken in Japan) started in manga form in 1983, the same year Golgo 13: The Professional was originally released.
I can believe that about Gold and Silver sense Garvin said that were convicted for "unbelievably perverted murders" and were currently on death row. As for their clothes, well, this movie was made in the early 1980s and based on the "real" world at the time.
Somebody other than Hollywood should a re-touch not a remake because the story is good w/o any alterations. Bring the outfits, cars, weapons, and characters up to date and the flick should be classic. Keep Golgo 13 Asian please!
As much as I'd like to see that happen, the "retouch" would be ruined by Hollywood writing and producing as well as the MPAA's politics. Besides, would you REALLY want some unworthy director like Paul W.S. Anderson or McG touching the Golgo 13 franchise with their dirty hands?
Also, in my humble opinion, Chow Yun Fat is the only actor to pull off a live-action Golgo 13 nowadays. Oddly enough, Golgo 13 was modeled after Sean Connnery's incarnation of James Bond.
The Watchmen director could do it. He showed that film some love by staying close to the story and characters. Chow Yun Fat? I was thinking of the character from the James Bond film with Halle Berry in it. He might be a better fit especially during those multiple sex scenes in Golgo 13.
And what the hell are you doing with a 357 revolver anyway. Bring a .44 magnum with explosive rounds next time you're fighting two drugged up super athletes. Srsly.
When they were shown in the jungle, after having wipe out the majority of the guerilla by themselves, Gold had both arms, and in the prison scene, while they are being taken out of jail, he is got both of his arms too, so this golden arm he is using is a prosthetic? You think he is so fucking insane he had his arm removed only to have that device?
Yeah, it is possible to fit a grenade into someone's mouth. Especially the WWII pineapple size grenades that Golgo 13 used, in real-life they're not that big. Well, Gold was able to take two shots, a pistol bashing, and it took four shots to the head and neck before he died. So, I figured Golgo 13 thought a fragmentation grenade ought to do the trick not to mention saving bullets.
What's also creepy about Gold is that he doesn't seem to make much expressions at all. I guess that's a result of his overall insanity. At first I couldn't tell if that was a mask or if that was his face.
If you look at Silver when his mask breaks off, he looks just like Iron Maidens Eddie.
MrShiner89 3 weeks ago 2
Classic... This cartoon is so good it should be a Film.
1234bboys 1 month ago
James Bond ain't got shit on Golgo.....We need a live action Hollywood movie now!
rang3r34 1 month ago
so fucking real
Getofred 1 month ago
Can anyone upload Dawson's death scene?
Ebb1993isgreat 2 months ago
In 3:29. His head would've exploded like a watermelon, not decapitated in flames.
relnic09 3 months ago
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Hahahaha! I know. My comment was:
"Okay, I'm sorry... but grenade in mouth ≠ head still intact after explosion."
Sad that most people missed that part.
TokyoFreeze79 1 month ago
Gold had an acid trip death n silver had a burning head change XD
An1mekillah 4 months ago
its a fact man; the physical strength of the truly dangerous psycho killers borders on superhuman. They can also absorb insane amounts of punishment.
who the fuck says Kung Fu is outdated? at least COMPLETE Kung Fu training.
pillsburydoughboy47 4 months ago
why does Chinese Kung Fu require so much meditation?
because without it the best martial arts techniques in the world won't help you against a psycho, someone who is pure evil.
pillsburydoughboy47 4 months ago
I wonder how well Israel's Krav Maga experts would do against psychos like Gold or Silver. The "mind" stuff of east asian martial arts exists PRECISELY because of psychos like them. The only way to be as strong, and resilient as a psychopath, is to cultivate a powerful mind yourself, but without the debilitating mental illness. Only a disciplined and focused mind can overcome a psychopath. Modern martial arts such as Krav Maga neglect that, and that is why they're weak.
pillsburydoughboy47 4 months ago
Can anyone upload the whole final battle? With Golgo fighting Snake, the helicopters, and then these two assassins, followed by the final confrontation between Golgo and Leonard?
Ebb1993isgreat 4 months ago
What I loved about this movie is that Duke recieved a bit of a challenge. These guys plus Snake were the only enemies I know of who were actually able to hurt him before Duke emerged victorious. In the TV series, none of his enemies even manage to lay so much of a scratch on him.
MDthornton83 4 months ago
@MDthornton83
Does this movie remind you of NInja Scroll meets Wanted? i guess this movie influenced that Angelina Jolie movie and the graphic novel. It also influenced Kill Bill since Tarantino is a fan of this movie. If you liked this movie, check out Perfect Blue and Urosukidoji Legend of the Overfiend
Johnlindsey289 4 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yes. It does actually make me think of Ninja Scroll and Wanted for some reason. Really? This movie influenced that Angelina Jolie movie and Kill Bill? That's odd! Cuz I don't remember anywhere saying that Tarantino is a fan of this movie. Did he ever mentioned or refrenced this movie in any of his documentations? I'm just asking.
MDthornton83 4 months ago
@MDthornton83
Actually Wanted was a graphic novel first and i have a theory that it inspired that graphic novel. Tarantino is an anime fan and i believe he liked this movie to influence Kill Bill on the anime sequence.
Johnlindsey289 4 months ago
Gold's voice makes my ears bleed...
Crona12395 5 months ago
@Crona12395 Imagine how Gold would do as an Opera singer? Oh boy; I bet he'd make people's brains melt in their heads!
MDthornton83 4 months ago
@MDthornton83 Justin Bieber's vocal coach.
victorrain 4 months ago
Are these guys he's fighting jacked up on PCP?
sdhubbard 5 months ago
I wander if they related to Vega from the Street Fighter series , because they screams sound identical to his and the acrobatics are very similar
datbigdude490 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you agree that Gold & Silver would make a great heels tag team in professional wrestling!
FlonzoBomb 6 months ago
WHY DONT YOU JUST DIE! duke togo.
doctorw2 6 months ago
And after that, Golgo 13 has a quiet lunch.
love4remind 6 months ago
Okay, I'm sorry... but grenade in mouth ≠ head still intact after explosion.
TokyoFreeze79 9 months ago
Gold looks more than a bit girly... Only flat chested.
LannaDru 10 months ago
Hummm..a Gilbrando role?
GilbrandoFitness 10 months ago
horrifying speedloader fail near 1:25
pillmeup 11 months ago
Brian De Palma all the way.
It also borrows heavily from the old detective noir movies. The scene where he visits his friend the clock maker, and the clock maker spins on his chair? That was straight out of a De Palma movie.
pillsburydoughboy47 11 months ago
rewatching this it almost seems like art.
Akyho 1 year ago
@Akyho yeah, seriously though, guys, I'm really into noir stuff; The Crow (first one only), Dark City, The Matrix trilogy, but, man, even by my standards of tolerance, the original Golgo 13 anime is just DARK, oh my god. Although it is mostly myth, it conveys the emotional substance of the criminal underworld. Even in daylight, criminals, killers, live in darkness. This anime conveys that just beautifully.
pillsburydoughboy47 11 months ago
Golgo 13; bankrupting the psychotropic drug companies, one psycho at a time.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
mmmmm grenade.
tyrehoward 1 year ago
Golgo 13 almost got fucked up BAD on this one!! But he is the illest killer in the biz!!
MegaGolgo13 1 year ago
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Golgo almost got fucked up bad on this one!! But he is the illest killer in the biz!!
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MegaGolgo13 1 year ago
PENGAS!
super58173 1 year ago
love how the grenade cleanly severs his head
0lyella 1 year ago
i watched this movie for the first time and i was on mushroom, best thing ever
thejazziefattness 1 year ago
Gold's pimp hand is strong
tonystark001 1 year ago 5
@tonystark001 That had to be the funniest line in this thread. LOL!
Fellini20 1 year ago
it anime of action and assasains and nit noir.
sugoishadow 1 year ago
Christ, sometimes you really just have to wonder how Duke gets through a "normal" (according to him) day without every sociopath, rapist-murderer, and career killer from every corner of the globe trying to fucking kill him.
The poor guy probably can't even wake up and have a decent breakfast without having some homicidal midget with a straight razor jumping out of his fridge and trying to get the drop on him.
lllDevilbytheDeedlll 1 year ago 18
@lllDevilbytheDeedlll And yet he keeps a straight face through it all. what a badass
sjcobra84 3 months ago
I know I sound like a sissy for saying this, but, the first time I watched Golgo 13 I think I was 14 way back in1995 and, Gold and Silver scared the living piss out of me. First time a "cartoon" had actually creeped me out.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
Why there is no American live-action version of this...Do one, Hollywood! People like us love it and we need it! The Sonny Chiba G-13 was cool, but what about this stuff?
BatesKrisbates 1 year ago
@BatesKrisbates It would have to be a collaboration between Japanese studios, namely the owners of Golgo 13, the Wachowsky Brothers, and Eon pictures (who make James bond), Eon's help would be needed because they have experience with that sort of stuff, besides the character is similar to James Bond.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@BatesKrisbates actual production, would not be a problem, you wouldn't even need big name actors, at most you are looking at "only" 50 million dollars. The problem, would be "grown up" american audiences not knowing who the fuck Golgo 13 is, and upon finding out its "based on a cartoon," the "grown ups" will say 'I don't have time for that bullshit" despite the seinen demographic.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@BatesKrisbates think man; the moment movie goers in their 40's or older find out its a "cartoon," people would not go watch. Heck even as young as their 20's who aren't anime fans, and the anime fan base just isn't big enough. People are stupid, and prejudiced; despite it being animated the plot of Golgo 13 is in fact more mature than anything in a James Bond movie who, if you ask me, is MORE of a caricature.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@BatesKrisbates nevertheless, people don't see things that way. Think of Arnold movies; they're all cartoons for grown ups who drink beer. The fact that its live action, makes it for "grown ups" and nothing else. The movie could be good, at only 50 million, with the Wachowsky's directing, Japanese studios for consulting, and Eon writting, but the marketing would be a nightmare and despite it being well made it would be a flop.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@BatesKrisbates I see what you're saying though; Golgo 13 does have potential as a major production, problem is the risk is too great.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
LMAO!!
Gold and Silver are freaks!!
I love it!
JoshuaParris83 2 years ago
Ophiuchus123456789 u should look up DEATH NOTE. CLAYMORE and HELLSING great series not movies but classics really good and let me just say its the original HELLSING not the OVA remakes or woteva that is peace. And this GOLGO 13 is my alltime fav.
Gold7711 2 years ago
I loved the build up to these two guys. They sounded very disturbing and I remember the story of them being the only survivors of the casnnibal island or something.
Ophiuchus123456789 2 years ago
I know what you mean :)
They make them out to be these complete psycho's ! ( killed a thousand marines on a desert Island with their bare hands or something )
and the way they introduce them is brill' too !
Top Stuff, I miss the old manga days, you can't find half this shit on DVD or blue ray now :(
steveN111333 2 years ago
I hear ya buddy (sigh)
There are some truly amazing classic Mangas but I fear I've seen the best already.
Do you have any suggestions.
My favs are Ninja Scroll, Akira, Golgo 13, The Wings of Honeymaise and those collection of films made in the same style as Porco Rosso and the Flying Castle one....
could do with finding a good manga. They always have me glued to the screen and captivated by the art.
Ophiuchus123456789 2 years ago
Yeah , they are all brill' !
I like anything by kawajiri ( main man behind ninja scroll, cyber city, monster city, wicked city, goku )
I thought SFII was brilliant too, and Gunbuster was amazing !
For funny stuff and absolute insanity I'd recommend Cromartie High School and FLCL, both pretty damn good ! :)
steveN111333 2 years ago
As far as I know, this movie marks as the only place where Golgo 13 had faced against enemies that were truly worth a challenge. Because considering the direction that Queen Bee and the current TV series has taken, Duke Togo has no worthy challengers, and all his other enemies are but ordinary men compared to his seemingly superhuman capabilities.
MDthornton83 2 years ago
Gotta love gold's laugh! Classic!
215philadelph 2 years ago
god both these deaths needed some dry/cool 1980 one liners!
unagiporn 2 years ago
That would be fitting for someone else, but not for Golgo.
FolstrimHori 2 years ago
Golgo would've been annhiilated by these guys. Gold had him in his clutches but instead just decided to focus on squeezing his taped wound.
It looked like seething pain but he could've caused Golgo serious problems.
Ophiuchus123456789 2 years ago
No kidding. Considering how badly he was hurt in the fight against those two psychos, Duke would have to go see a doctor to treat the injury in his midsection!
MDthornton83 2 years ago
I hope one day I can be cooler or at least as cool as gold and silver.. fo realz
TheWonderBoyV 2 years ago
0:15 - 0:16
EEchh.. GAy moment
Iori400 2 years ago
@Iori400 It's more like they take pleasure in inflicting pain. But they can be gay if you want them to be, sure.
OriginalMasters 5 months ago
Snake beat Gold and Silver don't make me laugh.
Gold7711 2 years ago
Well, I can tell you this much; Snake would definitely waste that one-eyed, white haired commando freak from Queen Bee. But in fact, anybody could kick that guy's ass. Not to mention he was WAY too easy for Duke.
MDthornton83 2 years ago
True ahead of it's time. Great feel to it when the bad guys are introduced especially Gold and Silver with there custom made mob suits great would be a good movie.
Gold7711 2 years ago 3
thats probably the stupidest fight scene.. they could of made them fight a lil.. i luv to see psychos like tht..
Fenzi010 2 years ago
Hey I kinda admire sick individuals like gold and silver......can you suggest any more anime with people like that?
202shawnb 2 years ago
The whole aspect of being in contact with people like that is really disturbing. But what is really fucked up is the thought that there probably people that is like that for real. ever heard of the section 8 people from vietnam?
202shawnb 2 years ago 2
Golgo is da shit!
ropemaker666 2 years ago
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he blew up Michael Jackson's head off!
He-heee! Shucka Chucka.
ScarletSnake 2 years ago
thats not nice... ur lucky it was 1 month before he died
vienkyhotty 2 years ago
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Dude, NOT FUNNY!!!!
JoshuaParris83 2 years ago
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NOT FUNNY!!!!
JoshuaParris83 1 year ago
English: Gold and Silver
Spanish: Oro y Plata
Japanese: Kin to Gin
MDthornton83 2 years ago 4
Silver wore that mask to cover his ugly and mutilated face. For all we know, his face must have been burned during battle. He looks like the Crypt Keeper! No wonder he wore a mask!
MDthornton83 2 years ago
Gold & Silver were utterly baddazz. When I was a kid I was so mezmerized by these two. 1st there's the wierd screams then there's the mask and the pretty face with the creepy gaze and 1 golden eye, then of course theres the strange body suits and the fact they just dont seem to die. And to top it all off, a steel leg and a steel arm. they dont use gunz! so creativ! thier story is cool too, 1000 soldiers in the amazon in a top secrect expirament and only they survived...how cool is that? ^_^!!!!
southstar44 2 years ago
I can only imagine that the things those two have been through during the survival test was enough to drive a man insane. That and their obsession for killing people must have completely altered their minds. No wonder they're insane. What explains their endurance and ability to withstand a few gun shots is beyond me. But these guys are two perfect examples of seriously disturbed psychos. Though I think Gold is crazier than Silver.
MDthornton83 2 years ago 11
Yeah that superhuman aspect to these guys is so kool, just so kool. and yeah, they r totally inanse. Gold maybe even a lil more....wierd thought...hm....hafta meditate on that one. They R both even more evil than even snake, in some ways, because they arent drooling or slobbering like he does. They seem to have more refinement. eariler in the film they dress in suits. I thought yer eariler observations were all very precise. This was ahead of its time. Id like to see a re-make.
southstar44 2 years ago
Is that so? Well, I think Snake was cooler, but that doesn't mean I don't have enough room for Gold and Silver. It's ashame though that Snake's background was never given or fleshed out. Some fans speculate that he was a genetic experiment of some sort. The part with the duo wearing buisness suits seemed to indicate what little humanity or curtesy they had left.
MDthornton83 2 years ago
nice call on the suits. Its interesting to meet a fan of snake. Ive been watching the video of snake and golgo which is in related vids. I think he was some kind of government proj too. He knows marital arts, we know that. His outfit facinates me also, just tenis shoes and somehting that looks almost like a hospital uniform, like something worn by a doctor. very cool observations man.
southstar44 2 years ago
I agree with you, especially with Gold. If I were Golgo 13 and I knew what type of a person Gold really is, I would of shot Silver once in the hear and gone nuts on Gold with the remaining four bullets. The part with Gold laughing and slowly crushing Golgo 13's stomach is creepy lol.
GreyBang 2 years ago 3
@MDthornton83 that's Japanese superstition, one of the negative aspects of Buddhism. Mental disorders are seen by superstitious religious Buddhists, as representing a corrupted soul, some souls are so corrupted they are borderline demonic, that is why Gold and Silver can take direct shots.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
@MDthornton83 I know it sounds messed up, but there are Buddhists in Japan who actually believe that, namely, that mental derangement is can go as far as a spiritual level. In short, they can survive bullet wounds longer than normal, because Gold and Silver are pure evil; the animators played on that obviously to make Golgo 13 more heroic, like I stated in other comments the character is a modern Samurai.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
Come to think of it, I can actually see that "Samurai" type characteristic in Golgo 13's personality. And I have to agree; he is a modern day Samurai.
MDthornton83 1 year ago
@MDthornton83 no man you're wrong I'm disagreeing with you now because I just like to argue. Just kidding; even down to his amoralism he's "modern." I mean, a sense of good and evil is for the feudal era, a more modern samurai given the secular atmosphere of Japan, would therefore be amoral. Probably done deliberately and thanks.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
I see.
MDthornton83 1 year ago
@MDthornton83 rent the anime and check out their background story OR, watch it on youtube; someone actually uploaded it.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
I'm way ahead of you on that one. I already have seen it. In fact, I've known this movie for at least a decade now. And I love it. It's a classic. It's pretty obscure and underrated, but it's a classic nevertheless.
MDthornton83 1 year ago
Today's golgo13 is definitely hybrid. No one knows his origin, but untill now, the episode searching, such as a part of ethnic origin of golgo13, Slavic, Jewish, American, Germanic, British, Eastern Asian; those have been guessed and written but never to be answered.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
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Nope, I am quite sure the ethnic origin for the ORIGINAL Golgo 13, is in fact Manchurian. Just look up anthropology books or even google. Japanese racism is what largely forced the writers to change the origin from implied manchurian to "somewhere in east asia" with a heavy implication that he was Japanese. Also come on, Ken Takakura looks NOTHING like Golgo 13!
*smack!*
take that! That was a virtual slap.
stardingo747 2 years ago
"Japanese racism is what largely forced the writers to change the origin"
WTF is this? Excuse us, due to your context I can't quite figureout what u r trying to say, but I guess here. Whatever you wish, or I wish, you can't make up the fake story line against the writer. That's not smart, even if you are just kidding. Sorry to make you disapointed how the real Manchurian look like and who the model of the original golgo13 is. I just told you the story of the truth.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
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rosanna90000 2 years ago
The early Golgo 13's never explained his origin, and perhaps he did look like the Japanese actor, nevertheless; there IS a manga, taking place in the late 60's, that strongly implies he's Manchurian. That story is no longer relevant in the current Golgo 13 issues, and I have typed this before, because it would make the character over 70. The original Golgo 13 was a cold blooded killer, it was explained, because he was a chinese 5 year old boy who shot a Japanese soldier that raped his sister.
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rosanna90000 2 years ago
I see wat you trying to say. None of origin related episodes are concluded. I guess you are talking about the following one episode. His sister was raped by Soviet soldier in Manchu, because golgo's father was the ruthless terrorist, who belonged to Japanese soldier. And his mother - the teacher of school in Qiqihar - Manchu - was probably Manchurian in this episode.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
I saw that manga okay?
That uniform WAS NOT soviet.
Show me translated scans of that manga then.
not gonna happen.
stardingo747 2 years ago
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rosanna90000 2 years ago
The episode which u saw is ep 293 which was included in 86th comic. The title is "禿鷲伝説" it is written in 1989/2. Actually this is 8th of the golgo 13's origin related episode. And What u mean "translated scans and show" ? Dude! Who the hell r u thinking yourself? Do it by yourself and show it up and ask people if you don't believe me then. If u answer me with wat deserves nothing 2 discuss again, I don't reply to you anymore, which, I guess, would be my next answer.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
I'm not basing it on the episode, I am basing it on a very early manga that came out WAY back in the early 1970's, it was a reprint.
stardingo747 2 years ago
Your comments ARE based on the episode 293. Just because since I pointed out the name of the title & all the facts to details about the episode, this time u turned to try telling a lie as u could. You've been just trying to make up as u like even the truth is completely different.
It's up to u to guess whatever golgo's ethinic origin is but u CAN'T frame up the truth in ur trying to make up the fake story. If u keep it up in everywhere like that, u would completry get to lose ur faith.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
But, the manga I saw was a late 60's REPRINT.
I know what I saw.
Now I am aware that some people like to confuse the issue, and do things such as tamper with the results of DNA test webpages, but I'm not one of those people. Nor would I ever DREAM of showing a manga that I tampered with using Photoshop! Not only do I not have that program on this computer, I wouldn't know how to use it!
so there.
stardingo747 2 years ago
First: You broke ur logic which had made up golgo's origin. Because writer already intervewd who was the model of the early golgo 13.
Next: You failed in making up the story in the Manga. You were suggesting no 1 knows the details. But here I knew the detaile of the episode. Sorry.
Now: You chaged ur opinion from 70's to 60's. Whatever u try, it's pointless because the ep 293 was never created till 1989 anyway. What's the title & character called in ur original ep that was written by you? lol
rosanna90000 2 years ago
I didn't break my logic; and I can't remember clearly if it was late 60's or early 70's, however I do know it was that general time period. And, episode?
there are no episodes in Manga! They're comics they're called ISSUES.
Nope, sorry, early Golgo 13 is Manchu origin implied.
stardingo747 2 years ago
Just see wat you've said in here, your opinion changes like an excuse of some dishonest polititian. Here is the simple advice to you again, well, you can guess whatever origin of the character, but u CAN'T frame up the truth in ur trying to make up the fake story. Ask yourself.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
you look like an owl.
stardingo747 2 years ago
Come on, guys. There's no need to fight.
Loader2K1 2 years ago
I don't care what anyone else thinks or says, I know my facts about the early comics; to me, Golgo 13 looks VERY Manchurian. I think he was deliberately drawn that way.
stardingo747 3 years ago
Golgo 13 is more or less an "Asianified" version of Sean Connery's incarnation of James Bond, although Golgo 13 makes James Bond look like an amateur in comparison.
Damn it, Japan! Quit taking cool fictional characters from America, Europe, and Austrailia and making them even more awesome!
Loader2K1 3 years ago
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No you're right about that; I was talking about the early comic books, and yeah you're right about him looking like Sean Connery but see, if he was an asiafied Sean Connery, the asiafiying in question, was done using northern Chinese features, especifically manchu, originally :-)
stardingo747 3 years ago
I can believe him being Manchurian Chinese, but even his true ethnic origin is a mystery.
Loader2K1 2 years ago
No. Check out the "mongoloid" photo of wikipedia how the original Manchurian looks like. Today's western Manchurians are quite mixed with Turkish people, they are different from original Manchurian - most of whom live in Beijing.
rosanna90000 2 years ago
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nope, I'm quite certain he's Manchurian, the Manchurian people have always had high nose bridges compared to other Chinese. First of all, second, the original Turks were ASIAN. Pure Turks are almost indestinguishable from other east asians in fact, the way their women were sexually exploited by Arabs, resulted in that, among Arabs today, sometimes slanted eyes will show up among the lower class tribes.
stardingo747 2 years ago
Are you Manchurian? Sorry, in fact, he dosen't look like Machurian at all. Just an anthropological fact, The original Manchrian dosen't have high nose bridge. I know pure Turks DON'T look like Eastern asian. The orininal Turks and Manchurians have DIFFERENT origin. They advented in asia, same area, but they are different race and appeared in the different time. Just a common sence. I bet you talking Manchurian who live in Wiggle - mixed with Turks. I'm talking about PURE Manchruian in China.
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rosanna90000 2 years ago
If there was live version of this film, it would be sooooo butchered by Hollywood. Golgo 13 would need two versions. The watered down PG-13 that could run up to 6p.m. and Saturday matinees, then the raw NC-17 version that can run up until midnight. Oh yeah the storyline is cool too. The story might be messed with also.
byintyme 3 years ago
I think we'd be better off if Japan made another Golgo 13 film.
Loader2K1 3 years ago 4
Agreed. The Watchmen was massive. Pushing the R rating to almost an NC-17 if u know what I mean as far as graphic content, so Golgo could be a go go along the same lines as Watchmen hell even Pulp Fiction.
byintyme 3 years ago
why would a handgranate set something on fire?
Willoq01 3 years ago
I think the back ground story of Gold and Silver sacred me the most
and how they kept coming back for more
AbhiB 3 years ago
is the backround story on youtube, how they killed the comandos with no weapons
krillin876 3 years ago
I doubt it as it was never in the anime
AbhiB 3 years ago
looked everywhere for it; sorry, apparently its nowhere to be found.
stardingo747 3 years ago
Its kind of terrifying to watch gold and silver literally rise from the dead. The bullets clearly went through vital organs...
TheWonderBoyV 3 years ago
Maybe there were on some damn good PCP and/or were masters of mind over matter.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
Silver and Gold look like something out of FotNS!
DragonLord1975 3 years ago
Funny you should say that. Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken in Japan) started in manga form in 1983, the same year Golgo 13: The Professional was originally released.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
Between the two of them, Gold creeped me the fuck out more than Silver. I blame the evil clown laugh of his as well as his smile.
Loader2K1 3 years ago 2
The laugh and voice sound sweet. I think one was gay. Gold and Silver both had on tight ass clothes!
byintyme 3 years ago
I can believe that about Gold and Silver sense Garvin said that were convicted for "unbelievably perverted murders" and were currently on death row. As for their clothes, well, this movie was made in the early 1980s and based on the "real" world at the time.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
Somebody other than Hollywood should a re-touch not a remake because the story is good w/o any alterations. Bring the outfits, cars, weapons, and characters up to date and the flick should be classic. Keep Golgo 13 Asian please!
byintyme 3 years ago
As much as I'd like to see that happen, the "retouch" would be ruined by Hollywood writing and producing as well as the MPAA's politics. Besides, would you REALLY want some unworthy director like Paul W.S. Anderson or McG touching the Golgo 13 franchise with their dirty hands?
Also, in my humble opinion, Chow Yun Fat is the only actor to pull off a live-action Golgo 13 nowadays. Oddly enough, Golgo 13 was modeled after Sean Connnery's incarnation of James Bond.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
The Watchmen director could do it. He showed that film some love by staying close to the story and characters. Chow Yun Fat? I was thinking of the character from the James Bond film with Halle Berry in it. He might be a better fit especially during those multiple sex scenes in Golgo 13.
byintyme 3 years ago
Golgo faces the WEIRDEST assassins...
GTStevo 3 years ago 7
I assume it takes weirdos and psychos to take on an assassin of Golgo 13's caliber.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
As many times as i've seen this movie and enjoyed it more and more, i dont know how a grenade blew his head off but didnt shred it to pieces.
JamariLaw316 3 years ago
A great movie!
Except for the bloody crappy helicopter. What were they thinking?
mickdaggerman 3 years ago
That grenade move was pwnage
cardboardsnail 3 years ago 2
This fight scene should have been much longer. I mean comon, Gold and Silver took down 2,000 guerilla commandos without even using weapons...
TheWonderBoyV 3 years ago
You can only squeeze so much into a movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Loader2K1 3 years ago
Dumass!!!
You should have used the grenade earlier!!
And what the hell are you doing with a 357 revolver anyway. Bring a .44 magnum with explosive rounds next time you're fighting two drugged up super athletes. Srsly.
KaseyAkira 3 years ago
He didnt know he was going to fight two drugged up super athletes, did he? And what use is a higher calibur gun if you never miss?
JamariLaw316 3 years ago
Yeah, you're right! He started a joke, and tried to stop Golgo-13 from living..........
rockyriverman 3 years ago
pwned at 3:31
davebar01 3 years ago
Duke Togo is the man...
Golgo 13 is a really cool character.
jackohlantern 3 years ago 2
The "grenade-in-mouth" trick was pretty neat. :D
GeneralOlde 3 years ago 6
Though I think Silver's head would have been blown to smithereens rather than just being blown off his body.
MDthornton83 2 years ago
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STFU manwhore
scorpion1941 3 years ago 2
The Notorious Revolver !!
QuissOboy 3 years ago 2
Haha, grenade mouth!
zimchar 4 years ago 2
Japanese assassin vs American drug addiction
JIJIKK39 4 years ago
Holy crap!! A grenade...in the mouth!??! This is nice!!!
Drakosgames 4 years ago 4
Damn...that was brutal!
CastlevaniaMoogle 4 years ago 3
When they were shown in the jungle, after having wipe out the majority of the guerilla by themselves, Gold had both arms, and in the prison scene, while they are being taken out of jail, he is got both of his arms too, so this golden arm he is using is a prosthetic? You think he is so fucking insane he had his arm removed only to have that device?
SolidSnake311 4 years ago 3
I loved their backstory. You could make a whole game or movie based on that
snakejohnson 3 years ago 4
Yeah, their backstory is pretty creepy. Not to mention their looks and the fact that they don't say anything except the creepy shrieks and laughing.
sidearmsalpha 3 years ago
dam i wish nintendo would make a vid game for the wii like they had back with the nes.
res00 4 years ago 3
Did he just shove a grenade into that guy's mouth?
...THAT WAS AWESOME!!!
I've got to watch this!
BaronOfBacon 4 years ago 3
yep he did and if you havent seen golgo 13 you HAVE TO! its a must see legedary anime!
suckyamada 4 years ago
can you upload the scene when they talk about the jungles of Banzabar and all that about joint operation of the FBI and Cia
ironeddie87 4 years ago 2
Word, I did'nt think it was possible to fit one of those in someone's mouth, lul 0o...He Should've shot'em in the head though...
Fragelz 4 years ago
Yeah, it is possible to fit a grenade into someone's mouth. Especially the WWII pineapple size grenades that Golgo 13 used, in real-life they're not that big. Well, Gold was able to take two shots, a pistol bashing, and it took four shots to the head and neck before he died. So, I figured Golgo 13 thought a fragmentation grenade ought to do the trick not to mention saving bullets.
victorrain 4 years ago 5
Talk about being frugle x,X. TY for the info.
Fragelz 4 years ago 2
These two guys were absolutely freaky, especially Gold with his creepy smile.
Loader2K1 4 years ago 2
What's also creepy about Gold is that he doesn't seem to make much expressions at all. I guess that's a result of his overall insanity. At first I couldn't tell if that was a mask or if that was his face.
MDthornton83 2 years ago