The Street Fighter

Name: The Street Fighter
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Released: 1974

Shigehiro Ozawa

corruption and crime class conflict vigilantism and justice organized crime protection and exploitation

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Synopsis

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

Cinema Atlas Connection

I wanted to make a movie that would be like a greatest hits of everything I love in martial arts and Japanese cinema. So, I took Lady Snowblood, I took The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, I took The Street Fighter with Sonny Chiba. I showed all these movies to my cast and crew. I said, 'These are the movies that we're making.'

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This Film Influenced

→ Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

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