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6.4/10
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A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Shin'ichi Chiba
- Seiichi Hibiki
- (as Sonny Chiba)
Takashi Hio
- Gomaru Akasawa
- (as Kôji Hio)
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Did you know
- TriviaSonny Chiba plays a different character in this than in his Street Fighter (1974) series.
- GoofsDuring the final fight scene, Shigetomi Kakuzaki wears a claw that abruptly shifts from his left hand to his right hand.
- Alternate versionsThe uncut version of the film has received a DVD release in Japan (along with the two unreleased-in-America Sister Street Fighter sequels) and as a "bonus film" in the French HK Video DVD set entitled "Street Fighter - L'Integrale", which also features the three Sonny Chiba Street Fighter films; in America, the uncut version was released in a 2006 set from Ronin Entertainment/BCI Eclipse along with the two sequels and pseudo-sequel Fifth Level Fist (all featuring widescreen transfers, with mono and 5.1 Japanese audio, and an English dub on the original film).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 7 (2002)
Featured review
A fierce female martial arts warrior named Tina Long sets out on a mission to rescue her captured brother Lee Long, an undercover agent now being held prisoner by the very drug smuggling ring he sought to bring down! Meanwhile, the head of the drug smuggling ring has assembled a menagerie of the world's greatest killers, some truly outlandish and bizarre eccentric characters, to protect himself and his interests.
This delivers the goods when it comes to fight scenes, 1970s style exploitation thrills, chase and action sequences and best of all, it takes a surprisingly cool stylish approach, like something out of a comic book splash page, when it comes to introducing its characters.
Where this falters is its mistaken over-reliance on wire stunts for the climactic showdown at the end leading to the most unbelievable and unrealistic fight sequence in the entire film. Also the characters, despite their colorful outer appearance, all remain completely one-dimensional making the film as an whole more forgettable than it might have been otherwise. All in all, this is a good albeit flawed effort.
This delivers the goods when it comes to fight scenes, 1970s style exploitation thrills, chase and action sequences and best of all, it takes a surprisingly cool stylish approach, like something out of a comic book splash page, when it comes to introducing its characters.
Where this falters is its mistaken over-reliance on wire stunts for the climactic showdown at the end leading to the most unbelievable and unrealistic fight sequence in the entire film. Also the characters, despite their colorful outer appearance, all remain completely one-dimensional making the film as an whole more forgettable than it might have been otherwise. All in all, this is a good albeit flawed effort.
- Space_Mafune
- Feb 13, 2006
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- Die Karate-Tiger
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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