Dragon Princess
Dragon Princess aka Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess (必殺女拳士, Hissatsu Onna Kenshi) is a 1976 Japanese karate revenge film directed by Yutaka Kohira.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Yutaka Kohira |
| Produced by | Kineo Yoshimine |
| Written by | Hiroo Matsuda |
| Starring | Etsuko Shihomi Sonny Chiba |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Cinematography | Hanjiro Nakazawa |
| Edited by | Osamu Tanaka |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
The film opens with Isshin Higaki (Sonny Chiba) and his daughter Yumi Higaki (Etsuko Shihomi) being attacked by a rival karate master, Hironobu Nikaido (Bin Amatsu) who wants Isshin's job as top karate master. Nikaido teams up with four other masters and they manage to disable one of Isshin's arms and wound his eye with a kunai knife. Alive but crippled Isshin and Yumi retreat to New York where he trains his daughter to avenge him and the death of a friend. After her father's death, Yumi returns to Tokyo to take her revenge. She enters a karate tournament funded by a corrupt business man, but Nikaido, seeking to assure his student's supremacy in the coming fight, sends his four top fighters to wipe out the rest of the competition. Eventually, Yumi, with the help of another karate student, Masahiko Okizaki (Yasuaki Kurata) kills Nikaido and his minions. Her arm is permanently disabled, keeping her from continuing her karate but allowing her to continue on with the rest of her life.
Cast
- Etsuko Shihomi as Yumi Higaki
- Sonny Chiba as Isshin Higaki
- Yasuaki Kurata as Masahiko Okizaki
- Jiro Chiba as Jiro Chinen
- Bin Amatsu as Hironobu Nikaido
- Masashi Ishibashi as Shiroge Oni
- Tatsuya Kameyama as Baba
- Shunsuke Kariya as Yokoi
- Yoshi Katō as Kakuzen
Home media
On November 20, 2007, BCI Eclipse released the film in their Sonny Chiba Collection DVD set, which also includes Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon, The Bullet Train, Karate Kiba, Karate Warriors, and Sister Street Fighter.[3]
References
- "Welcome to Grindhouse: Dragon Princess/Karate Warriors". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- "必殺女拳士". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Sonny Chiba Collection". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
External links
- Dragon Princess at IMDb
- 必殺女拳士 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)