If you loved The Bodyguard, try The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Bodyguard

1973 · dir. Ryuichi Takamori

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The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

1974 · dir. Shigehiro Ozawa

What they share

Theyboth carry the neon soaked, raw mood tags, and they sit in Action / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Bodyguard, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Street Fighter's Last Revenge is

Rain-slicked Yokohama docks, winter fog, a payphone ringing once. A battered fighter in a leather coat kicks through neon-lit alleys, clutching a reel-to-reel tape slick with blood. This is 1974 as Sergio Leone might have shot it — all squint and gravel.

If you loved The Bodyguard, try The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

The Bodyguard

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

What they share

What The Street Fighter's Last Revenge is

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