The Street Fighter
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| Directed by | Shigehiro Ozawa |
| Written by | Kōji Takada Motohiro Torii |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Ken Tsukakoshi |
| Edited by | Kozo Horiike |
| Distributed by |
Toei Company (Japan) New Line Cinema (USA) |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Street Fighter (激突！殺人拳 Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken?), literally Clash, Killer Fist!, is a Japanese martial arts film released in 1974 and produced by Toei Company Ltd. It was released in the US by New Line Cinema and became one of the first films to be a commercial success for the distributor. It is notable as the first film to receive an X-rating in the United States solely for violence. In the UK it was originally released as Kung Fu Streetfighter, presumably to avoid confusion with the Charles Bronson movie Hard Times which was initially released as The Streetfighter in the UK.
The Street Fighter inspired two sequels, Return of the Street Fighter and The Street Fighter's Last Revenge. Additionally, the film Sister Street Fighter and its sequels is a spin-off series of The Street Fighter. There was another spin-off entitled Kozure Satsujin Ken, which was brought to the US by a different company under the title Karate Warriors. The video game The Darkness has the entire movie available, to watch, on any of the in-game TVs.
The film is in the public domain and is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
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