Sister Street Fighter

Sister Street Fighter
女必殺拳
Japanese film poster
Directed byKazuhiko Yamaguchi
Written byMasahiro Kakefuda
Norifumi Suzuki
Produced byKenji Takamura
StarringEtsuko Shihomi
Sonny Chiba
Hiroshi Miyauchi
CinematographyYoshio Nakajima
Edited byOsamu Nakata
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • August 31, 1974 (1974-08-31)
Running time
86 minutes (uncut)
81 minutes (cut)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Sister Street Fighter[1], original titled in Japan as On'na Hissatsu-ken[2], also released in the United Kingdom as Revenge of the Dragon[3], also released in Germany as Die Karate Tiger[4] is a spin-off of The Street Fighter (1974).[5] The plot revolves around Lǐ Hóng-Lóng[6], 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).[7] This was the first in a trilogy of films. It was followed by Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) and The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975), each with Shihomi as star.

  1. ^ Rōmaji: シスター • ストリート • ファイター, Shisutā Sutorīto Faitā
  2. ^ Kanji: 女必殺拳, lit. "Female Killer Fist"
  3. ^ Rōmaji: リベンジ • オブ • ザ • ドラゴン, Ribenji Obu Za Doragon
  4. ^ Rōmaji: ザ • からて • タイガー, Za Karate Taigaa
  5. ^ 『ぴあシネマクラブ 邦画編 1998-1999』ぴあ、1998 p.170 - 171頁。ISBN 4-89215-904-2
  6. ^ originally named in Japan as Kanji: 李紅竜, English: Li Kouryuu
  7. ^ "DVD Review: The Sister Street Fighter Collection". TwitchFilm. 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2015-02-27.