Return of the Street Fighter

"The incredible Sonny Chiba is back! And he's meaner than ever!"

1974 1h 23m JA

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Synopsis

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Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.

“The incredible Sonny Chiba is back! And he's meaner than ever!”

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Cast

Sonny Chiba
Takuma Tsurugi
Yōko Ichiji
Pin Boke
Hiroshi Tanaka
Isamu Otaguro
Masashi Ishibashi
Tateki Shikenbaru
Claude Gagnon
Don Costello
Kazuyuki Saito
Keisuke Handa
Takutoshi
Ryoichi Koike

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Writers: Hajime Takaiwa, Shigehiro Ozawa, Hajime Takaiwa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 8

ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

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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Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, shot by Sadaji Yoshida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Toshiaki Tsushima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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7 / 8

CAST

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Sonny Chiba and Yōko Ichiji and Hiroshi Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The incredible Sonny Chiba is back! And he's meaner than ever!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shigehiro Ozawa directs. Sadaji Yoshida behind the camera. Toshiaki Tsushima scores. Kozo Horiike cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

183 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.
4Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, shot by Sadaji Yoshida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Toshiaki Tsushima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kozo Horiike shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sonny Chiba and Yōko Ichiji and Hiroshi Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The incredible Sonny Chiba is back! And he's meaner than ever!".
9IMDB entry: tt0073623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.