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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread

1974 · 85 min

A grimy, fast-moving martial-arts exploitation ride full of brutal fights, sleazy villains and lurid underworld sleaze.

Overview
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • family
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action, crime, drama
Directed by
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Written by
Norifumi Suzuki, Masahiro Kakefuda
Starring
Etsuko Shihomi, Tamayo Mitsukawa, Hideo Murota, Masashi Ishibashi, Asao Uchida, Takashi Hio, Kōji Fujiyama, Shōhei Yamamoto
Music
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Cinematography
Yoshio Nakajima
Runtime
85 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Cantonese, Japanese

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