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The Street Fighter

1974 · 90 min

A brutal, gritty martial-arts thrill ride with bone-crunching fights and a morally ambiguous antihero.

Tagline
If you've got to fight - fight dirty!
Overview
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • survival
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action9
Horror4
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, crime, thriller, drama
Directed by
Shigehiro Ozawa
Written by
Kōji Takada, Motohiro Torii
Starring
Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Goichi Yamada, Masashi Ishibashi, Yutaka Nakajima, Masafumi Suzuki, Fumio Watanabe, Rinichi Yamamoto
Runtime
90 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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