Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) on Netflix
NR19831h 31mActionAnimationCrime
Golgo 13, a professional assassin, is hired to kill Robert Dawson, heir to an oil empire. Robert's father Leonard turns the FBI, the CIA and the Pentagon against the hitman.
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Plot summary
Golgo 13 is a professional assassin who is hired for his reputation and never breaks a contract. His latest job is Robert Dawson, the son and heir of the oil baron Leonard Dawson. Robert's death sets his father on a campaign of revenge, and Leonard Dawson calls on American intelligence and military agencies to hunt the killer down. The allies he gathers include Snake, a genetically enhanced supersoldier, and Gold and Silver, a pair of assassins held on Death Row. Golgo meanwhile takes a contract in Sicily, where a crime boss called Dr. Z rules the mafia, and works his way inside the organization.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
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- Golgo 13: The Professional was the first animated film to incorporate CGI animation, created by Koichi Omura and Satomi Mikuriya at Toyo Links Co., Ltd. The CGI is most notable in a scene of army helicopters circling Dawson Tower and attacking Golgo 13 as he climbs toward Dawson's office.
- It was the first animated film based on the Golgo 13 manga and the third Golgo 13 film overall, following two live-action films, the second of which starred Sonny Chiba as Golgo 13.
- Quentin Tarantino, himself a fan of the Golgo 13 manga, paid homage to the Golgo 13 anime in the animated sequence of his 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
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