Japan Synopsis
激突! 殺人拳
“If you've got to fight – fight dirty!”
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Street Fighter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Action + Crime in Japan
188 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Street Fighter itself).
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
The Street Fighter holds position #23 of 71 Japan films in the 1973–1975 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
1974 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 27 titles released, including The Street Fighter. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (197 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1974.
The 411th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
82 audience reviews — more than 73% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (73th percentile) outruns trending popularity (47th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Street Fighter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- inheritance · 4
- mafia · 24
- karate · 22
- mercenary · 13
- street fighter · 9
- ransom · 6
- japan · 454
- martial arts · 369
- yakuza · 93
- kidnapping · 72
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,333 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #932 of 1,714 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company, New Line Cinema |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | February 2, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0073756 |