Tattoos
Randall "Tex" Cobb
"Someday your wise mouth is going to get your body in a lot of trouble."
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Post by Tattoos on Mar 19, 2008 12:30:43 GMT -5
Had this on the old board, thought I'd bring it back. From 1974, Stars Sonny Chiba as Takuma Tsurugi , a very violent and deadly martial arts master who will commit almost any crime for money. In the opening scenes, we see him audaciously break the condemned murderer Tateki Shikenbaru out of prison by impersonating a monk, then using an ancient martial arts technique called the "oxygen coma punch" that causes delayed unconsciousness. When Shikenbaru faints while ascending the gallows, prison officials rush him to a hospital, giving Tsurugi a chance to free him at the expense of an innocent ambulance driver and a couple of guards. However, Shikenbaru's brother Gijun and sister Nachi, who hired him for the job, don't have enough money to pay him, and, when he finds out, he throws the Gijun out a high window and sells Nachi into sexual slavery. The plot thickens when the wealthy oil tycoon Hammett dies, leaving his daughter, Sarai, as his heir. Tsurugi is sent to retrieve her from the Seibukan Karate dojo, but is soon betrayed, and the rest of the movie centers on the conflict between Tsurugi and the mob as they try to acquire Sarai's new fortune. Also, the film has several side plots: a heated feud between Tsurugi and Shikenbaru, who owes Tsurugi his life but is nonetheless bent on avenging his brother and sister; Tsurugi's new-found respect for Kendō Masaoka, a Buddha-like karate master who bests him in single combat; and the relationship between Tsurugi and his Singaporean sidekick, Rakuda Zhang, who provides both comic relief and a moment of sorrow. I thought this movie was definitely one of the best martial arts films I have seen. Especially when Chiba rips a man's genitals out like it was nothing. Great movie!
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Post by Dutch on Mar 19, 2008 12:56:43 GMT -5
I love this movie, ive got the trilogy but have only got round to seeing the first one so far, Sonny is an animal in The Streetfighter with his deadly ball grab
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Post by milo on Mar 19, 2008 16:04:40 GMT -5
Chiba is one ferocious fucker in this movie. I love the killing fest at the end, where even women aren't safe from Tsurugi's wrath. The main theme is also classic
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Post by Dan Belcher on Mar 20, 2008 21:56:20 GMT -5
I've got the triology AND Sister Street Fighter. I haven't sat down and watched the 2nd and 3rd ones all the way through without distraction before, I need to do that sometime soon...
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Post by The Italian Kid on May 8, 2008 20:31:53 GMT -5
Another classic martial arts flick. Sonny Chiba was the best follow-up to Bruce Lee. I have yet to see the sequels but will make a must.
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Post by milo on May 9, 2008 7:49:38 GMT -5
The second movie was little disappointing. Chiba was ferocious fucker in the first movie,but in the second movie he seems more civilized ;D He doesn't have that caged animal look that he had in the first movie. The first movie had better fight scenes and as an movie,I find it better as well
I haven't watched that third movie yet, but someday...somehow
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2008 20:16:57 GMT -5
I haven't watched that third movie yet, but someday...somehow Sister Street Fighter? Kickass movie with some really good MA on the female lead's part. Sonny returns as Terry, but hardly does alot of fighting, and nothing wild. Pretty good film overall. I have yet to see the SSF sequels, let alone Return of the Street Fighter.
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Post by milo on May 12, 2008 15:42:43 GMT -5
I haven't watched that third movie yet, but someday...somehow Sister Street Fighter? Kickass movie with some really good MA on the female lead's part. Sonny returns as Terry, but hardly does alot of fighting, and nothing wild. Pretty good film overall. I have yet to see the SSF sequels, let alone Return of the Street Fighter. I was talking about The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Sister Street Fighter...sounds like an movie I should watch.Thanks for the tip
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