Return of the Street Fighter

Return of the Street Fighter
Theatrical poster
Directed byShigehiro Ozawa
Written byHajime Koiwa
StarringSonny Chiba
Yōko Ichiji
Masashi Ishibashi
CinematographySadaji Yoshida
Music byToshiaki Tsushima
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • April 27, 1974 (1974-04-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$1,507,000[1]

Return of the Street Fighter[2] originally titled in Japan as Satsujin-ken 2[3] also released in the United Kingdom as Blood of the Dragon[4] is a 1974 martial arts film which stars Sonny Chiba, Yōko Ichiji and Masashi Ishibashi. It is the sequel of The Street Fighter and was initially released on Home video by MGM/CBS Home Video and New Line Home Video.[5][6]

Shout! Factory acquired the license of all three films in the series for a Blu-ray release on February 19, 2019 via Shout! Selects Line.[7]

Premise

Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi returns to take on a yakuza family as they are embezzling money from charities to finance their syndicate operations.

Cast

  • Shinichi Chiba as Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi[8]
  • Yōko Ichiji as Pin Boke/Kitty
  • Masafumi Suzuki as Kendō Masaoka
  • Kaoru Nakajima as Kazuko Masaoka
  • Naoki Shima (Zulu Yachi) as Shichirō Yamagami
  • Masashi Ishibashi as Tateki "Junjo" Shikenbaru
  • Hiroshi Tanaka as Isamu Ōtaguro
  • Katsuya Yamashita as Imura
  • Masagorō Koizumi as Fujimura
  • Masataka Iwao as Masuda
  • Lín Xùn-Měi as Tateishi
  • Kazuyuki Saitō as Kuroda
  • Kuniaki Nukui as Katō
  • Keisuke Handa as Takutoshi
  • Claude Gagnon as Don Costello
  • Yoshiki Yamada as Inspector Fujisaki
  • Shunji Sasaki as a police clerk
  • Michimaro Otabe as Shinsei, Rising Sun Construction manager
  • Shingo Yamashiro as a man in Sauna

Release

The film was released on 27 April 1974.

References

  1. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. ^ Rōmaji: リターン • オブ • ザ • ストリート • ファイター, Ritān Obu Za Sutorīto Faitā
  3. ^ Kanji: 殺人拳2, lit. "Killer Fist Ni"
  4. ^ Rōmaji: ブラッド • オブ • ザ • ドラゴン, Buraddo Obu Za Doragon
  5. ^ "殺人拳2". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Satsujinken2". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ^ "The Street Fighter Blu-ray Collection". blu-ray.com. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "The 10 Faces of Sonny Chiba (10 Movies)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.


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