Sister Street Fighter (女必殺拳, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)

Sister Street Fighter (女必殺拳, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)

As the Japanese cinema industry continued to decline in the face of competition from television, there was perhaps paradoxically more space available for small-scale genre films. Shinichi Chiba had ushered in a new age of unarmed combat with his Bodyguard Kiba karate movies. The Street Fighter series followed hot on its heels and was enough of a hit for the studio to take notice. They suggested a new spin-off line that would feature a female act…