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Kaette kita onna hissatsu ken (The Return of the Sister Street Fighter, 1975)
"Koryu... the end is near. As my parting gift, I'll let you see something - to show that all your efforts were a waste of time."
#Kaette kita onna hissatsu ken#the return of the sister street fighter#street fightin' cinema#1975#japanese cinema#kazuhiko yamaguchi#masahiro kakefuda#takeo kaneko#etsuko shihomi#yasuaki kurata#akane kawasaki#mei ho chang#miwa cho#mitchi love#jirô yabuki#masashi ishibashi#rin'ichi yamamoto#shôichi sakaguchi#akemi hayakawa#shunsuke kikuchi#yep these films have definitely settled on a set formula and aren't really deviating much from it#having apparently run out of relatives to be kidnapped‚ Koryu is this time dispatched to find an old friend who's gone missing‚ whilst#simultaneously looking after the friend's young daughter. the addition of a small child into the mix was something i was uncertain about at#first but i have to say if anything it makes Shihomi's bone crunching fights all the more thrilling that she has to shepherd a little girl#out of harm's way at the same time. the villain is pretty fun in this one (he's a gold obsessed mobster who recruits martial arts experts#and has them fight to the death to pick the best few to take on the lady dragon) and my heart was warmed to see Ishibashi back as yet#another sullen henchman (considering he's had a relatively minor role in each of the films he's been in so far‚ he's a real presence and#i always find myself watching him more closely than the main bad guy). it all ends in familiar enough fashion but truthfully there's not#mucj to distinguish this from the previous film (or the film before that)
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Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow (AKA The Mad Fox) | Tomu Uchida | 1962
Rin'ichi Yamamoto, Michiko Saga, Sumiko Hidaka, Hashizô Ôkawa, et al.
#Rin'ichi Yamamoto#Michiko Saga#Sumiko Hidaka#Hashizô Ôkawa#Tomu Uchida#Love Thy Name Be Sorrow#The Mad Fox#1962
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 1974
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 1974
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