77 minutes of nonstop karate chaos, funky 70s fashion, and someone definitely gets hit with a boat oar.
Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.
Stunts
Etsuko Shihomi performed her own brutal fight choreography.
Practical Effects
Zero CGI, all real impacts and glorious physical chaos.
Costume
Seventies fashion that somehow works for covert infiltration.
Director
Shigehiro Ozawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fifth and final Sister Street Fighter film, rushed into production to capitalize on Etsuko Shihomi's sudden stardom after her debut in the series.
The 'movie studio' setting cleverly mirrors how Toei Studios itself operated, with yakuza-adjacent financing common in 1970s Japanese exploitation cinema.
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