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The Street Fighter (English Subtitled)
Martial arts, Action, Crime, Thriller.
The film begins as Takuma Tsurugi (renamed Terry in the English dub) meets the condemned murderer Tateki Shikenbaru (renamed Junjo in the English dub) while disguised as a Buddhist monk. Tsurugi applies his "oxygen coma punch" to Shikenbaru, causing him to collapse just before he can be executed.
As Shikenbaru is rushed to a hospital, Tsurugi and his sidekick Rakuda (renamed Ratnose in the English dub) ambush the ambulance and free him. As Tsurugi and Rakuda watch the incident on the news, Shikenbaru's brother Gijun and sister Nachi arrive and plead for more time to pay for Tsurugi's help. Outraged, Tsurugi refuses and attacks the siblings. Gijun accidentally kills himself when Tsurugi dodges his flying kick, causing him to go out of a window, and Nachi is sold into sexual slavery through Renzo Mutaguchi.
Mutaguchi and his associates attempt to hire Tsurugi to kidnap Sarai, the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon. Tsurugi refuses after discovering that the gangsters are Yakuza. He escapes, but the Yakuza gangsters resolve to kill Tsurugi as well as kidnap Sarai. Tsurugi immediately seeks out Sarai, who is being protected at the Nippon Seibukan dojo by her uncle, Kendō Masaoka, a Karate master.
Tsurugi captures Sarai and challenges the entire dojo to a fight. He brutalizes the rank-and-file students before Masaoka fights him to a standstill - then recognizes him as the half-Chinese son of a karate master he knew long ago. Ultimately, Tsurugi offers to protect Sarai, and Masaoka agrees, against Sarai's protests. Meanwhile, the Yakuza's allies in Hong Kong, led by Kowloon boss Dinsau, recruit Shikenbaru to avenge his siblings by killing Tsurugi.
The gangsters make several attempts to kill Tsurugi before they successfully kidnap Sarai. Tsurugi manages to rescue her, but gets captured himself. Rakuda gives up Sarai's location to save Tsurugi, causing Tsurugi to forsake him. When Tsurugi struggles fighting with a blind samurai working for the Hong Kong gangsters, Rakuda dies by his sword in a reckless attempt at redemption.
Tsurugi finally tracks the gangsters down to a shipyard and fights his way through their guards. In the end, Dinsau permits Tsurugi to duel Shikenbaru. Nachi sacrifices herself to give her brother a free shot with a sai, but Tsurugi survives and rips out Shikenbaru's vocal cords. Critically wounded, Tsurugi is helped to his feet by Sarai and Dinsau in the final shot of the film. (Wikipedia)
Movie Info
Directed by: Shigehiro Ozawa
Fighting Scenes: Masafumi Suzuki - martial arts director, Ryûzô Ueno - fight choreographer, Tsutomu Harada - wrestling direction, Reggy Jones - wrestling direction, Ken Kazama - kick boxing direction
Cast: Shin'ichi Chiba - Takuma Tsurugi (Terry), Yutaka Nakajima - Sarai Chuayut, Chiyoko Kazama - Yang Gei-Cheun, Etsuko Shihomi - Nachi Shikenbaru, Masafumi Suzuki - Kendo Masaoka
Writing Credits: Kôji Takada, Motohiro Torii, Steve Autrey (english version)
Producer: Norimichi Matsudaira
Music: Toshiaki Tsushima
Cinematography: Kenji Tsukagoshi
Editing: Kôzô Horiike
Stunts: Daizen Shishido
Release date: 1974
Duration: 91 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Language: English, English subtitled
Cast
Shin'ichi Chiba
Yutaka Nakajima
Chiyoko Kazama
Etsuko Shihomi
Masafumi Suzuki
Characters
Takuma Tsurugi (Terry)
Sarai Chuayut
Yang Gei-Cheun
Nachi Shikenbaru
Kendo Masaoka
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