The Street Fighter

Watch: The Street Fighter

11/1/19741h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ If you've got to fight - fight dirty! ~

Overview:

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

Director:

Shigehiro Ozawa

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

martial arts
japan
ransom
kidnapping
yakuza
mercenary
karate
street fighter
mafia
inheritance

Cast

Sonny Chiba

~ as ~

Takuma Tsurugi

Etsuko Shihomi

~ as ~

Nachi Shikenbaru

Goichi Yamada

~ as ~

Rakuda Zhang

Masashi Ishibashi

~ as ~

Tateki Shikenbaru

Yutaka Nakajima

~ as ~

Sarai Chuayut

Masafumi Suzuki

~ as ~

Kendo Masaoka

Fumio Watanabe

~ as ~

Renzo Mutaguchi

Rinichi Yamamoto

~ as ~

Kowloon Dinsau

Chiyoko Kazama

~ as ~

Yang Gei-Cheun

Akira Shioji

~ as ~

Liang Dung-Yat

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Reviews (1)

Arrrrrrrach
Written 8 year(s) ago
8
Sonny Chiba follows the money rather than his morals. He is absolutely nails in this film. His presence is as of a beast and no man. He is ruthless and brutal.

The film feels like a 70s USA exploitation flick in a way, at least more so than a normal martial arts genre film. It's got a funky soundtrack and is streetwise. Fight scenes are really good and pretty savage in parts. There's an awesomely ridiculous shot of a guy's head taking a fatal punch via x ray at one point. Sonny pulls a man's tackle off at another. It's Sonny vs. The mob but they can't really be arsed with guns.

Pure entertainment and stands out among martial arts films. There are also 2 decent sequels but this is the best of them. Worth it just for Sonny's incredible screen presence, which kinda feels as though he thought Bruce Lee was playing it too soft!