Satsujin ken 2 (1974)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Shigehiro Ozawa

Writers:

Hajjime Koiwa (screenplay)
Kôji Takada (creator)

Release Date:

3 December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The incredible Sonny Chiba is back! And he's meaner than ever!

Plot:

Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi returns. In this sequel, he sets out to bust up a phony charity put together by the Yukuza. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Karate | Gangster | Battle | Tonfa

Cast

Sonny Chiba	...	Takuma Tsurugi
Yôko Ichiji	...	Pin Boke
Masashi Ishibashi	...	Tateki Shikenbaru
Claude Gagnon	...	Don Costello
Hiroshi Tanaka	...	Isamu Otaguro
Masafumi Suzuki	...	Kendo Masaoka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keisuke Handa	...	Takutoshi
Masataka Iwao	...	Masuda
Masagoro Koizumi	...	Fujimura
Xun-Mei Lin	...	Tateishi
Kaoru Nakajima	...	Kazuko Masaoka
Kuniaki Nukui	...	Kato
Michimaro Otabe	...	Shinsei Construction Manager
Kazuyuki Saito	...	Kuroda
Shunji Sasaki	...	Police Clerk
Naoki Shima	...	Shichiro Yamagami
Yoshiki Yamada	...	Inspector Fujisaki
Shingo Yamashiro	...	Man in Sauna
Katsuya Yamashita	...	Imura
George Yirikian	...	The Masked Hitman

Directed by
Shigehiro Ozawa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hajjime Koiwa		screenplay
Kôji Takada		creator

Original Music by
Toshiaki Tsushima

Cinematography by
Sadaji Yoshida

Art Direction by
Tokumichi Igawa

Other crew
Peter Fernandez	....	voice director: English version
T. Harada	....	wrestling direction
Reggy Jones	....	wrestling direction
Ken Kazama	....	kick boxing direction
Scott Mahr	....	voice-over artist
Masafumi Suzuki	....	martial arts director

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema
• Toei Company

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1975) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• New Line Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Payless Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Total Film Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• United American Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (19??) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• T:mi Venäläinen Mika (2004) (Finland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Return of the Street Fighter (International: English title)
Street Fighter 2 (Japan: English title)

Runtime:

UK:73 min (cut version) | USA:88 min | 85 min (DVD version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M (DVD rating) (uncut) | Australia:M (cut) | USA:R (cut) | USA:X (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | Norway:(Banned)

Company:

New Line Cinema

Movie Connections:

Featured in True Romance (1993)

Give up. You'll never beat me

Sonny Chiba is back with those funny faces. I am still never sure if he is a good guy or a bad guy. He seems to switch sides at will. One thing is certain; he does not have the honor of Bruce Lee - he's in it for the money.

I really don't see the point in the karate lessons or the weapons naming (sai, nunchuka, kon, etc) , or all that brick breaking.

This time, he has a new sidekick - a girl with some fantastic outfits.

The fighting in the film appears to be pretty realistic. Chiba seems to bleed as much as his opponents. He has a really cool step there that has some cool sounds when he is on your ribs.

The crushing-blood-on-the-face blow is a real gore-fest. The eye popping scene is going to make you laugh. No rapists in this film; so we don't see any more castration, but we do have a Bond girl of sorts who has evil on her mind.

If you like the action, then there is plenty for all.