Sister Street Fighter

Onna hissatsu ken
American film poster
Directed by	Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Produced by	Kenji Takamura
Written by	Masahiro Kakefuda Norifumi Suzuki
Starring	Etsuko Shihomi Sonny Chiba Hiroshi Miyauchi
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Cinematography	Yoshio Nakajima
Editing by	Osamu Nakata
Distributed by	Toei Company (Japan) New Line Cinema (USA, theatrical) Wizard Video (USA, home video)
Release date(s)	August 31, 1974 (1974-08-31)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sister Street Fighter (女必殺拳, Onna Hissatsu Ken^?) is a spin off of The Street Fighter (1974). The plot revolves around Lǐ Hóng-Lóng (李紅竜 Li Kōryū), the female martial artist of the title. When her brother Lǐ Wàn-Qīng is kidnapped by drug lords, she seeks revenge. The drug lord's colorful collection of "killers" includes a toga-clad group of Thai Boxers called the "Amazons Seven", along with representatives of almost every martial art. Hóng-Lóng breaks into the drug lord's compound with the help of Seiichi Hibiki (Sonny Chiba) and other members of the Shorinji Kempo dojo. After all of his minions are defeated, the drug lord himself battles Hóng-Lóng, wearing a steel claw in imitation of Han, the villain from Enter the Dragon (1973). Similarly like the spin-off series of Street fighter films Sister Street Fighter was rated X when came to America and was then cut of 6 mins of footage. Cuts included Koryu turning one opponent's head 180 degrees and making him walk down the stairs with his head twisted backwards, Inubashiri's face after Hibiki smashes it into a mirror killing him, Hibiki ripping out a overweight opponent's intestines, Koryu stabbing the drug lord Kakuzaki with his own claw hand in the chest or stomach which causes blood to spurt out everywhere.

Cast

• Lǐ Hóng-Lóng (Li Kōryū): Etsuko Shihomi
• Emi Hayakawa: Emi Hayakawa
• Shinobu Kojō: Sanae Ōhori
• Fanshin: Xiè Xiù-Róng
• Lǐ Yù-Táng (Li Gyokudō): Hiroshi Kondō
• Jirō: Tatsuya Nanjō
• Reiko: Nami Tachibana
• Lǐ Wàn-Qīng (Li Mansei): Hiroshi Miyauchi
• Shigetomi Kakuzaki: Bin Amatsu
• Ryōzō Hayashi: Shōhei Yamamoto
• Murakami: Seiya Satō
• Kurokawa: Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
• Shimura: Tatsuya Kameyama
• Hamano: Teruo Shimizu
• Kazunao Inubashiri: Masashi Ishibashi
• Kizaki: Kengo Miyaji
• Yoshikawa: Tadashi Takatsuki
• Sakura: Kazuyuki Saitō
• Neray: Akira Kuji
• Tesshin Uesu: Ryōichi Koike
• Mǎ Bā-Yuán (Ma Hachigen): Toshio Minami
• Gōmaru Akasawa: Kōji Hio
• Tettōsō: Hisao Mizoguchi
• Nakajima: Kōji Sawada
• Máo Yáng-Dé: Kōzō Sōma
• Gō Naitō: Kazuji Satō
• Tomoyuki Ōbayashi: Hideo Kosuge
• Masaaki Sakurai: Sakae Yamaura
• Tetsudō Fujita: Asao Uchida
• Eva Parrish
• Amazoness Seven
• Seiichi Hibiki: Sonny Chiba^[1]

Reception

The film is generally well-received. Fans cite Hiroshi Miyauchi's excellent martial arts skills and the variety of battle. Detractors state there is flat acting and over-reliance on wire special effect, especially during the final battle. Also, Sonny Chiba's "Tsurugi" character doesn't appear, despite the English title.^[2]

References

1. ^ "The 10 Faces of Sonny Chiba (10 Movies)". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4769/10-faces-of-sonny-chiba-10-movies-the/. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
2. ^ "Sister Street Fighter Collection". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/24330/sister-street-fighter-collection/. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 

External links

• Sister Street Fighter at the Internet Movie Database
• Sister Street Fighter is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]