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]
| Return of the Street Fighter | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Shigehiro Ozawa |
| Written by | Hajime Koiwa |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba Yōko Ichiji Masashi Ishibashi |
| Cinematography | Sadaji Yoshida |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $1,507,000[1] |
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
editTakuma "Terry" Tsurugi returns to take on a yakuza family as they are embezzling money from charities to finance their syndicate operations.
Cast
edit- 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
editThe film was released on 27 April 1974.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Rōmaji: リターン • オブ • ザ • ストリート • ファイター, Ritān Obu Za Sutorīto Faitā
- ^ Kanji: 殺人拳2, lit. "Killer Fist Ni"
- ^ Rōmaji: ブラッド • オブ • ザ • ドラゴン, Buraddo Obu Za Doragon
- ^ "殺人拳2". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Satsujinken2". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The Street Fighter Blu-ray Collection". blu-ray.com. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ "The 10 Faces of Sonny Chiba (10 Movies)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
External links
edit- Return of the Street Fighter at IMDb
- Return of the Street Fighter at AllMovie
- Goo Movies Archived 2004-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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