The Three Musketeers of Japan: Farewell to Tokyo (1972) Original Japanese B2 Poster Kinichi Hagimoto Lethal Weapon stands as a

Lethal Weapon stands as a landmark action thriller that redefined the buddy cop genre

they set up operations on a neighboring farm—igniting a deadly cat-and-mouse game

(Shikaketa wana ni mafia ga kakatta

"this man builds an age")

The film found a receptive audience in Japan's comedy market in 1993

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Farewell to Tokyo (1972) Original Japanese B2 Poster Kinichi Hagimoto Lethal Weapon stands as aKihachi Okamoto directed this 1972 comedy from Hiroyuki Itsuki's serialized novel as a Toho 40th anniversary production, sending three mismatched men out of Tokyo on the drift. Yusuke Okada, Keiju Kobayashi and the broadcaster Mickey Yasukawa play the trio; a Hakata set sequel followed the same year. Shoji Yamafuji, the satirical illustrator behind decades of Asahi caricatures, drew the key art: three cartooned faces huddle in a scrum beneath cherry