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Sister Street Fighter (1974)

Sister Street Fighter poster
Original title
女必殺拳
Directed by
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Genre
action film, martial arts film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A female martial arts expert goes undercover to rescue her brother who has been kidnapped by a drug smuggling ring. She fights her way through numerous opponents using her deadly fists and feet.

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What happens

Sister Street Fighter (Japanese: 女必殺拳, Hepburn: On'na Hissatsu-ken; lit. "Woman's Deadly Fist") is a 1974 Japanese martial arts film directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Produced and distributed by Toei Company, it is a standalone spin-off of The Street Fighter (1974), and is the first entry in a trilogy of films starring Etsuko Shihomi as Shorinji Kempo practitioner Kōryū Li. It was followed by Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) and The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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