For other uses, see Street Fighter (disambiguation).
1974 Japanese film
The Street Fighter
Japanese theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji
激突! 殺人拳
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn
Gekitotsu! Satsujin-ken
Directed by
Shigehiro Ozawa
Written by
Kōji Takada Motohiro Torii
Starring
Sonny Chiba
Yutaka Nakajima
Cinematography
Ken Tsukakoshi
Edited by
Kozo Horiike
Music by
Toshiaki Tsushima
Distributed by
Toei Company
Release date
February 2, 1974 (1974-02-02)
Running time
91 minutes
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Box office
$1,565,000[1]
The Street Fighter (Japanese: 激突! 殺人拳, Hepburn: Gekitotsu! Satsujin-ken, lit. Clash! Killer Fist) is a 1974 Japanese martial arts film produced by Toei Company, directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, and starring Sonny Chiba. It was released in the United States by New Line Cinema and became one of the first films to be a commercial success for the distributor.[2][3] It is notable as the first film to receive an X-rating in the US solely for violence.
A commercial success, The Street Fighter spawned two direct sequels, Return of the Street Fighter and The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, and the Sister Street Fighter spinoff series. There was another spin-off entitled Kozure Satsujin Ken, which was brought to the US by a different company under the title Karate Warriors.
In the United Kingdom, the film was originally released as Kung-Fu Street Fighter presumably to avoid confusion with the Charles Bronson movie Hard Times which was initially released as The Streetfighter in the UK.
^Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^"New Line Cinema". Newline.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
^Liebenson, Donald (1996-02-09). "Sonny Chiba's 'Street Fighter' Unleashed". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
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