Return of the Street Fighter

Return of the Street Fighter (殺人拳２, Satsujin ken 2, UK title: Blood of the Dragon) is a 1974 martial arts film and the second in a series starting with The Street Fighter starring Sonny Chiba.[1] In this sequel, Martial artist Takuma (Terry) Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.[2]

Return of the Street Fighter
theatrical poster
Directed byShigehiro Ozawa
Written byHajime Koiwa
StarringSonny Chiba
Yōko Ichiji
Masashi Ishibashi
Music byToshiaki Tsushima
CinematographySadaji Yoshida
Distributed byNew Line Cinema (United States)
Toei Company (Japan)
Release date
  • April 27, 1974 (1974-04-27) (Japan)
  • December 3, 1975 (1975-12-03) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film was initially released on home video by MGM/CBS Home Video and later by New Line Home Video.

On November 7, 2018, it was announced that Shout! Factory has acquired the license of all three films in the series for a Blu-ray release on February 19, 2019 via their Shout! Selects line.[3]

Cast

Note: English-translated names, if given or known, will be in parentheses.

  • Shinichi (Sonny) Chiba - Takuma (Terry) Tsurugi[4]
  • Yōko Ichiji - Pin Boke (Kitty)
  • Masafumi Suzuki - Kendō Masaoka
  • Kaoru Nakajima - Kazuko Masaoka
  • Naoki Shima (Zulu Yachi) - Shichirō Yamagami
  • Masashi (Milton) Ishibashi - Tateki (Junjo) Shikenbaru
  • Hiroshi Tanaka - Isamu Ōtaguro
  • Katsuya Yamashita - Imura
  • Masagorō Koizumi - Fujimura
  • Masataka Iwao - Masuda
  • Lín Xùn-Měi - Tateishi
  • Kazuyuki Saitō - Kuroda
  • Kuniaki Nukui - Katō
  • Keisuke Handa - Takutoshi
  • Claude Gagnon - Don Costello
  • Yoshiki Yamada - Inspector Fujisaki
  • Shunji Sasaki - Police Clerk
  • Michimaro Otabe - Shinsei (Rising Sun) Construction Manager
  • Shingo Yamashiro - Man in Sauna

References
  1. "殺人拳2". 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  2. "Satsujinken2". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "The Street Fighter Blu-ray Collection". blu-ray.com. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  4. "The 10 Faces of Sonny Chiba (10 Movies)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.


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