History Film / TheStreetFighter

* {{Qipao}}: Miss Yang wears one in her first scene. For the rest of the movie, she's dressed in red and white English equestrian regalia.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Tina Long, at least on the poster art. In the film proper, she wears the same outfit, only she shows less skin.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Terry is revealed to be the child of a Japanese father and Chinese mother, with his father being executed by the army for this, and before his execution his father, who had taught him martial arts, implored him not to trust anyone and to only rely on himself. Taking the words to heart shapes young Terry over his life into the ultimate ArrogantKungFuGuy and a borderline VillainProtagonist.

All installments (and the first ''Sister Street Fighter'' movie) were released by New Line Cinema between 1974 and 1979. Their UsefulNotes/HomeVideoDistributors varied; the first two were initially made available on home video by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM/CBS Home Video]], and the other two were released on home video by Charles Band's Wizard Video in 1982 and 1983, respectively. All four were later released by New Line Home Video in 1996. ''Sister Street Fighter 2: Hanging by a Thread'' finally made its US debut in 2008 on UsefulNotes/BluRay as a double feature with the first film.

All installments (and the first ''Sister Street Fighter'' movie) were released by New Line Cinema between 1974 and 1979. The first two were initially made available on home video by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM/CBS Home Video]], and the other two were released on home video by Charles Band's Creator/WizardVideo in 1982 and 1983, respectively. All four were later released by New Line Home Video in 1996. ''Sister Street Fighter 2: Hanging by a Thread'' finally made its US debut in 2008 on UsefulNotes/BluRay as a double feature with the first film.

* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Terry's final battle with the BigBad ends with him ripping out his opponent's throat with his bare hands. And somehow the BigBad survives and comes back (sans throat) in the sequel!

All installments (and the first ''Sister Street Fighter'' movie) were released by New Line Cinema between 1974 and 1979. The first two were initially made available on home video by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM/CBS Home Video]], and the other two were released on home video by Charles Band's Wizard Video in 1982 and 1983, respectively. All four were later released by New Line Home Video in 1996. ''Sister Street Fighter 2: Hanging by a Thread'' finally made its US debut in 2008 on UsefulNotes/BluRay as a double feature with the first film.

-->'''Terry''': [[YouFightLikeACow That's the martial arts you practice?]] Had enough yet? You'd better give up. I'm a master, and you're going to lose this game.

* KillItWithFire: Terry kills Frankie Black by pushing him into an oven and firing up the burners at full power. Not a very dignified way to die, and yet another in a long list of reasons why you don't fuck with Terry Tsurugi.

-->'''Terry''': You'd better give up. I'm a master, and you're going to lose this game.

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* SpiritedYoungLady: Kiku Nakagawa.

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* NobleDemon: Kowloon Dingsau, though a bit too amoral to be an [[AntiVillain Anti-Villain]], exhibits this trait with his AffablyEvil character and devotion to playing by the rules. So when King Stone and [[spoiler:Jadot]] tag Terry during a fight, Kowloon proceeds to turn on them. Also Kowloon tells Terry he can go away with the girl if he wins fairly, instead of the other gangsters who simply want to kill Terry and take the girl anyway.

* BiggerBad: Don Costello.

* BadassInDistress: While normally quite capable, Kiku is overpowered by sheer force of numbers at one point in the movie and secured to a buzzsaw based ConveyorBeltODoom

* BadassInDistress: While normally quite capable Kiku is overpowered by sheer force of numbers at one point in the movie and secured to a buzzsaw based ConveyorBeltODoom

All installments (and the first ''Sister Street Fighter'' movie) were released by New Line Cinema between 1974 and 1979. The first two were initially made available on home video by [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM/CBS Home Video]], and the other two were released on home video by Charles Band's Wizard Video in 1982 and 1983, respectively. All four were later released by New Line Home Video in 1996. ''Sister Street Fighter 2: Hanging by a Thread'' finally made its US debut in 2008 on UsefulNotes/BluRay as a double feature with the first film.

* BerserkButton: If Terry finds out you're a {{Yakuza}}, you'd better watch out. He's been known to kill them and other gangsters; in fact, the only villains he ''doesn't'' kill directly are Lee Young (shot to death by Miss Yang), Ming (killed by Ratnose to save Terry at the cost of his own life), King Stone (run through by Dingsau for trying to shoot Terry in cold blood), Abdul Jadot (run through by Dingsau for King Stone's act of impatience), Dingsau (survives and does a HeelFaceTurn), Otaguro (shot to death by Don Costello), Seigan Owada (skull bashed in by Kunigami), and Aya Owada (blown up with a trap Terry had planted in her car, though to his credit he tried to sincerely warn her away from the car but [[BondVillainStupidity she foolishly didn't listen]]).

'''''The Street Fighter''''' is a martial arts movie series starring [[Creator/ShinichiChiba Shinichi (Sonny) Chiba]] as Takuma Tsurugi (known as Terry in the USA), a mercenary who fights with his martial arts skills. There was a spinoff series called ''Sister Street Fighter'', consisting of four films starring Etsuko Shihomi (credited on English prints as Creator/SueShiomi).