The Streetfighter

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The Streetfighter (1974, Japan) is a Martial Arts film directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.

Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Available DVDs | Poster Art | Press Kit | Fun Facts
Streetfighter Series: Return of The Streetfighter | The Streetfighter's Last Revenge
Included in: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 | GCDb Top 20 | Dirty Basterds and Master Killers: 20 Classic Grindhouse Kung Fu Films | GCDB Titles
Featured in: Martial Arts 50 Movie Pack Collection | The Streetfighter Collection (BluRay) | The Streetfighter Trilogy | The Streetfighter Saga | Great Streetfighter Movies | Sonny Chiba Street Fighter Collection | The Street Fighter Box Set
Featured on: TCM Underground

The Tarantino Connection
In the 1993 film True Romance, footage from this film appears during a Sonny Chiba triple feature that Clarence and Alabama attend. In reality, this triple feature actually played in grindhouses on The Deuce. See Fun Facts.

Main Details

Released in 1974
Color
Running Time: Australia: 91 min | UK: 87 min (cut version) | USA: 75 min (R-rated version) | USA: 91 min (unrated version)
Production Co: Toei Company
Distribution Co: New Line Cinema (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa
Written by Kôji Takada, Motohiro Torii
Starring Sonny Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima
Original Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
Cinematography by Ken Tsukakoshi
Poster by Nick Cardy

Plot Summary

After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karate master decides to protect the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate that's after her inheritance.