Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He's Sonny Chiba, one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter, Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn't paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in Return Of The Street Fighter. This time Tsurugi is hired by the mob to kill two informants, but when he realizes one is an old friend, he refuses, and now he is the one being hunted. When Tsurugi is double crossed by the Ôwada clan, he takes off with something they want in The Street Fighter's Last Revenge. Soon he is being chased by a group of deadly assassins.
Clash, Killer Fist! A legend has returned.
If you are not yet one with the madness that is the martial arts film, then let this release be your starting point. Why? Because from the years of 1973 to 1976, at the height of the martial arts movie and its influence of sheer insanity and nastiness, there is NO OTHER film series as violently chopsocky as The Street Fighter series.
Make no mistake about it, Japanese actor Sonny Chiba is a total BADASS as the amoral anti-hero Takuma Tsurugi (known here in the States simply as “Terry”) and his turn in the three films that make up The Street Fighter Legacy – 1974’s The Street Fighter, The Return of the Street Fighter, and The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge – have long been hailed as violent, X-rated flicks of fury.
And now, thanks to Shout! Select, the entire trilogy makes its way onto blu-ray. Once again, Chiba is back in action karate kicking his way through the wild deeds of the Yakuza. Whether it is from kidnapping, fake charities, or simply for the fun of shoving a foot up someone’s ass, Terry is all about making sadism sexy.
Chiba plays a character that, while not always on the up-and-up, has a strong sense of what’s right and what’s wrong. Tsurugi is a martial arts expert and he loves to smash heads, rip beating hearts out of chests, and perform all sorts of sweet kicks to the chest. He is also a mercenary for hire and, when he is not loving the ladies, enjoys castrating men with his bare hands. Don’t even think about not paying him, though, because his loyalty to the dollar bill is second to none.
If you EVER want to know how martial arts flicks got their reputation for extreme gore and more, more, more, look no further than at these three flicks. They are fun, ridiculously violent, and so over-the-top with their sadistic acts of extreme violence that you will laugh before choking on your own vomit.
The world of Grindhouse SIN-ema was never the same after one bloody visit from Chiba. No censor could stop the epic hands and feet of Chiba and these films, arriving one right after the other, prove why. Chiba’s appetite for destruction might have been big, but our appetites were bigger and we, the movie-going public, wanted more violence, more blood gushing from mouths, more hearts being ripped out of chests!
As a result, we got three films from this bloodlust, plus a spin-off with The Sister Street Fighter Series.
All three films are presented in their unaltered formats thanks to Shout! Select, which truly should be commended for refusing to censor any of the material and give fans of the collection some of their best remastering efforts. The 2K scans are dynamic, gory, and unmercifully brutal. The dubbed versions are included. These three films have been newly scanned and are the X-rated editions of the original movies.
Get your CHOP SOCKY CINEMATIC fix right here! Thanks to Shout! Select, all three Street Fighter flicks are now housed in one collection!
Home Video Distributor: Shout Factory
Available on Blu-ray - March 26, 2019
Screen Formats: 2.35:1; 2.39:1
Subtitles: English
Video: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0; Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Discs: Blu-ray Disc; 3-disc set
Region Encoding: Locked to Region A
Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He's Sonny Chiba, one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter, Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn't paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in Return Of The Street Fighter. This time Tsurugi is hired by the mob to kill two informants, but when he realizes one is an old friend, he refuses, and now he is the one being hunted. When Tsurugi is double crossed by the Ôwada clan, he takes off with something they want in The Street Fighter's Last Revenge. Soon he is being chased by a group of deadly assassins.
Video
All three films are presented in their unaltered formats thanks to Shout! Select, which truly should be commended for refusing to censor any of the material and give fans of the collection some of their best remastering efforts. The 2K scans are dynamic, gory, and unmercifully brutal. Fans get the original Japanese cut of these flicks, too. The dubbed versions are included. These three films have been newly scanned and are the X-rated editions of the original movies.
Audio
The Street Fighter, being the most famous of this trilogy, gets DTS-HD Mono tracks in Japanese, and with two English versions: the theatrical audio and the New Line Home video dub. The two sequels which follow have Japanese or English dubbed DTS-HD Mono options. Subtitles are provided for all three films.
Supplements:
Commentary:
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Special Features:
Shout! Select continues to deliver the goods! These films, featuring English dubs and new uncut scans, are pretty damn killer.
DISC ONE: THE STREET FIGHTER
- NEW 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements Of The Uncut Version
- Uncut Version Of The Film (91 Minutes) With English And Japanese Audio
- Two English Dubs – The Theatrical Dub And The New Line Home Video Dub
- NEW Street Fighting Man – An Interview With Star Sonny China
- NEW Cutting Moments – THE STREET FIGHTER Trailer – An Interview With Filmmaker Jack Sholder
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- Japanese Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
DISC TWO: RETURN OF THE STREET FIGHTER
- NEW 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements Of The Uncut Version
- Uncut Version Of The Film (83 Minutes) With English And Japanese Audio
- U.S. Teaser Trailer
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- Japanese Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
DISC THREE: THE STREET FIGHTER’S LAST REVENGE
- NEW 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements Of The U.S. Cut (80 Minutes)
- NEW 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements Of The U.S. Cut With Standard Definition Inserts From The Original Japanese Cut (84 Minutes)
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- Japanese Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
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