The Street Fighter (1974)

The Street Fighter (1974)

March 26th, 6:30PM in Garland 104 (2441 E. Hartford)

Sonny Chiba was Japans action king throughout the 1970's and beyond and perhaps none of his films has reached the international popularity of The Street FIghter. The plot is fairly straightforward, Sonny Chiba plays Takuma Tsurugi, a mixed race martial artist of Chinese and Japanese parents. He is utterly ruthless and lives by a code of personal strength, vowing never to rely on others.

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Tsurugi becomes mixed up in the attempted kidnaping of the daughter of a international businessman. Eventually both the Yakuzza and American Mafia vow to kill him while all the time he is playing on his own side. Frequently released in shotty editions on DVD, the version shown will be of the theatrical cut of the film in its original launguage and aspect ratio, with english subtitles.

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Japan, Director Shigehiro Ozawa, Cast Sonny Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima and Tony Cetera, 91 minutes, in Japanese with English Subtittles.