Return of the Street Fighter explained
originally titled in Japan as also released in the United Kingdom as 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.[2] [3]
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.[4]
Premise
Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi returns to take on a yakuza family as they are embezzling money from charities to finance their syndicate operations.
Cast
- Shinichi Chiba as Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi[5]
- 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
The film was released on 27 April 1974.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Donahue, Suzanne Mary. American film distribution : the changing marketplace. 1987 . UMI Research Press . 296. 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- Web site: 殺人拳2 . 日本映画製作者連盟. January 13, 2021.
- Web site: Satsujinken2. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.
- News: The Street Fighter Blu-ray Collection. blu-ray.com. November 7, 2018. November 7, 2018.
- News: The 10 Faces of Sonny Chiba (10 Movies). DVD Talk. 2011-01-30.
