The Street Fighter

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

1974 1h 30m JA

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Synopsis

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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.

“If you've got to fight - fight dirty!”

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Cast

Sonny Chiba
Takuma Tsurugi
Etsuko Shihomi
Nachi Shikenbaru
Goichi Yamada
Rakuda Zhang
Masashi Ishibashi
Tateki Shikenbaru
Yutaka Nakajima
Sarai Chuayut
Masafumi Suzuki
Kendo Masaoka
Fumio Watanabe
Renzo Mutaguchi
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kowloon Dinsau

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Writers: Motohiro Torii, Kōji Takada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Street Fighter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kozo Horiike shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sonny Chiba and Etsuko Shihomi and Goichi Yamada carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you've got to fight - fight dirty!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shigehiro Ozawa directs. Kozo Horiike cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
252 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Street Fighter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Kozo Horiike shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sonny Chiba and Etsuko Shihomi and Goichi Yamada carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "If you've got to fight - fight dirty!".
7IMDB entry: tt0073756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "martial arts", "japan", "ransom", "kidnapping".
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing: Kozo Horiike
Production design: Takatoshi Suzuki
Costume design: Tamotsu Iwasako
Stunt coordinator: Taizen Shishido
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Street Fighter (1974)

Part of

The Street Fighter Collection

Series of three martial arts films featuring Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as the hard-boiled karate bad-ass, Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi.

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Shigehiro Ozawa

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Arrrrrrrach2017-02-18
★ 8/10
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!

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