Sister Street Fighter (1974) is a movie that I recently rewatched for the first time in a long time on Tubi. The storyline follows a female martial artist whose brother has been kidnapped. Shortly after finalizing a training with the legendary street fighter himself, she sets out to rescue her brother.
This movie is directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Karate Warriors) and stars Shihomi Etsuko (Legend of the Eight Samurai), Sonny Chiba (Street Fighter), Kenji Ôba (Kill Bill) and Asao Uchida (Tora! Tora! Tora!).
This has a cliche and straightforward storyline to kickoff the Sister Street Fighter films. Sonny Chiba's cameos were great, I just wish there were more of them. The action scenes were entertaining, but not as intense as the Street Fighter film. I did thoroughly enjoy the second half of the film with Chiba joining the final mission and we watch a climatic battle royale. Again, a few more intense fight and kill scenes, maybe in the rain, and this would have been awesome.
Overall, this is a worthwhile addition to the action genre with a cliche storyline but some fun action scenes. I would score this a 5.5-6/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Karate Warriors) and stars Shihomi Etsuko (Legend of the Eight Samurai), Sonny Chiba (Street Fighter), Kenji Ôba (Kill Bill) and Asao Uchida (Tora! Tora! Tora!).
This has a cliche and straightforward storyline to kickoff the Sister Street Fighter films. Sonny Chiba's cameos were great, I just wish there were more of them. The action scenes were entertaining, but not as intense as the Street Fighter film. I did thoroughly enjoy the second half of the film with Chiba joining the final mission and we watch a climatic battle royale. Again, a few more intense fight and kill scenes, maybe in the rain, and this would have been awesome.
Overall, this is a worthwhile addition to the action genre with a cliche storyline but some fun action scenes. I would score this a 5.5-6/10 and recommend seeing it once.