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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread

Part of Sister Street Fighter Collection

1974•1h 25m•6.2/10
ActionCrime

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6.2/10(30)

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.

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Production

Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Etsuko Shihomi

Etsuko Shihomi

Li Koryu

Tamayo Mitsukawa

Tamayo Mitsukawa

Li Hakuran

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Kazushige Osone

Masashi Ishibashi

Masashi Ishibashi

Inoichiro Honiden

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Takashi Hio

Kiyoshi Nezu

Kōji Fujiyama

Kōji Fujiyama

Goro Kuroki

Shōhei Yamamoto

Shōhei Yamamoto

Madame Joy

Hideaki Nagai

Kazuyuki Saito

Shikajiro Honiden

Daikyo Rin

Chozaburo Honiden

Rikiya Yasuoka

Rikiya Yasuoka

Genjuro Ranai

Riki Harada

Cui Chi-Niu

Hisako Tanaka

Oh Birei

Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama

Michiyo Bandô

Kotoe Fujita

Toshihiko Sawada

Keiji Kinoshita

Hachiro Tako

Hachiro Tako

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