The Street Fighter Trilogy (with The Cinema Snob's review)

The Street Fighter Trilogy (with The Cinema Snob's review)

Rejissyor: KonCategory3. The Street Fighter ( Japanese : 激突! 殺人拳 , Hepburn : Gekitotsu! Satsujin-ken ; lit. Clash! Killer Fist) is a 1974 Japanese martial arts film produced by Toei Company , directed by Shigehiro Ozawa , and starring Sonny Chiba . It was released in the United States by New Line Cinema and became one of the first films to be a commercial success for the distributor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is notable as the first film to receive an X-rating in the US solely for violence. A commercial success, The Street Fighter spawned two direct sequels, Return of the Street Fighter and The Street Fighter's Last Revenge , and the Sister Street Fighter spinoff series. There was another spin-off entitled Kozure Satsujin Ken , which was brought to the US by a different company under the title Karate Warriors . In the United Kingdom , the film was originally released as Kung-Fu Street Fighter presumably to avoid confusion with the Charles Bronson movie Hard Times which was initially released as The Streetfighter in the UK. Plot Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi meets the condemned murderer Tateki Shikenbaru 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 ambush the ambulance and free him. The duo, who were hired to free Shikenbaru, later watch TV coverage of the incident when their employers, Shikenbaru's brother Gijun and sister Nachi, arrive. Gijun says he cannot pay the rest of the sum he owes and pleads for more time. Outraged at the broken promise, Tsurugi attacks the siblings. In the ensuing struggle, Gijun attempts a flying kick, and when Tsurugi dodges, Gijun falls out the window to his death. Tsurugi then sells Nachi into sexual slavery through crime boss Renzo Mutaguchi. Mutaguchi and his associates attempt to hire Tsurugi to kidnap an oil heiress, Sarai. Tsurugi refuses once he realizes the gangsters are members of the yakuza

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