

Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in Tokyo Bay, unless the Cabinet complies with an economically devastating ultimatum.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI destruction that earns every explosion.
Acting
Tetsuro Tamba's exhausted authority carries the whole film.
Director
Katsumune Ishida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's oil crisis anxieties; the tanker threat literalized national economic vulnerability.
Director Ishida came from tokusatsu television—the miniature work here is noticeably more polished than typical 1975 Japanese cinema.