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The Streetfighter

Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken

Japan

1974

91 Min
Color
2.30:1
Japanese
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Shigehiro Ozawa

SCR Kôji Takada, Motohiro Torii

DP Ken Tsukakoshi

CAST Sonny Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Tony Cetera, Masafumi Suzuki, Masashi Ishibashi, Akira Shion, Osman Yusuf

MUSIC Toshiaki Tsushima

Synopsis

Terry is a tough, mercenary, master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family’s bloodfeud with Terry over a disputed debt. —IMDb

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Sean

4Oct12

Sonny Chiba is a bad mofo

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Riar R.

14Mar12

91 minutes of Sonny Chiba's pure awesomeness priceless expression and over-the-top comic violence.

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G.W. Johansson

17Oct11

One of the best grindhouse films. Triple feature with Return of the Street Fighter and The Streetfighter's Last Revenge!!

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Christopher M. Jones

22Dec10

What it lacks in fight choreography it makes up for in good, sleazy fun with Sonny Chiba punching people in the stomach so hard that blood bursts out of their eyes. The ending is crummy even by martial arts movie standards, though.

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    Matt

    16Feb12

    What are you talking about? That was one of the most badass climaxes I've ever witnessed!

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