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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
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Overview
Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu’s older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Etsuko Shihomi | Tamayo Mitsukawa | Hideo Murota | Masashi Ishibashi | Asao Uchida | Kôji Hio | Kôji Fujiyama | Shôhei Yamamoto | Madame Joy | Hideaki Nagai | Kazuyuki Saito | Daikyo Rin | Rikiya Yasuoka | Riki Harada | Hisayo Tanaka | Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama | Michiyo Bandô | Toshihiko Sawada | Keiji Kinoshita | Hachiro Tako | Toshiyuki Shibayama | Gôzô Sôma | Kanya Tsukasa | Osamu Kaneda | Shunsuke Kariya | Yasuaki Kurata
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/23/2020 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
The SISTER STREET FIGHTER movies are barely held together with the thinnest of plots and nowhere is that more apparent than in HANGING BY A THREAD, the first of three sequels. There’s some bat shit crazy stuff going on in this movie. The villains are obviously inspired by a lot of the live action hero shows on Japanese TV at the time. I’m kinda surprised none of them transform into other creatures to be honest.
This may be the most lurid of all the films too. I’m a big proponent of uncensored and uncut films being released but I have to question the decision to leave (what appears to be) a child pornography prominently displayed behind the bad guys in a scene right after we’ve established they’re sexual predators. It felt wrong. It didn’t just feel wrong, it was wrong.
That aside, the rest of the film likes to wallow in the gutter as well, which is fun for the most part. Sex and fight scenes kind of just pop up out of nowhere and it all feels like a bunch of strung together episodes of a failed TV series, but you can’t help but enjoy it.
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