Sonny Chiba stars as Takuma Terry Tsurugi, the animalistic antihero driven by sex, money and brawling in the infamous series that first introduced the name of the martial arts legend to a global audience.The first film to receive an X rating in the U.S. purely on account of its violence, The Street Fighter sees Tsurugi embroiled in a game of double and triple crosses involving both local and foreign mafia gangs when he is hired to kidnap Sarai (Yutaka Nakajima, The Executioner 1 & 2), the beautiful heiress daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon. In Return of the Street Fighter, Tsurugi uncovers an extortion racket behind the construction of a new karate dojo and a shadowy cabal whose reach stretches across the whole of Asia. In The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, Chiba is joined by Toei star Reiko Ike (Girl Boss Guerrilla, Sex and Fury) as Tsurugi goes hand-to-hand against an ambitious public prosecutor (Koji Wada) with his own fists of fury over evidence of a corporate coverup involving a chemical spillage.The Street Fighter films made Chiba a star, so beloved by Quentin Tarantino he had the young lovers of True Romance meet-cute at a Sonny Chiba triple feature and would later cast Chiba himself in Kill Bill. Making its UK Blu-ray debut, Arrow Video is proud to present The Street Fighter Trilogy in all its eye-popping, skull-crushing, throat-ripping glory!Brand new 2K restorations of The Street Fighter and Return of the Street Fighter from 2K scans of the original camera negatives by Arrow FilmsNewly remastered High Definition presentation of The Street Fighter's Last Revenge by Arrow FilmsHigh Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentationsOriginal lossless mono Japanese and English versions for all three filmsOptional English subtitles for the Japanese soundtracks and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracksReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony StellaDisc 1: The Street FighterBrand new 2K restorations of the original Japanese and American versions of the film from the original camera negativesBrand new audio commentary by Asian film specialists Andrew Heskins and James Mudge of easternkicks.comStreet Fighting Man, a 30-minute interview with Sonny ChibaCutting Moments, interview with director Jack Sholder discussing his role in creating the legend of Sonny ChibaOriginal Japanese and U.S. theatrical trailersImage galleryDisc 2: Return of The Street FighterBrand new 2K restorations of the original Japanese and American versions of the film from the original camera negativesBrand new audio commentary by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial ArtsOriginal Japanese theatrical trailer and U.S. teaser and theatrical trailersImage galleryDisc 3: The Street Fighter's Last RevengeHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the original Japanese and American versions of the filmOriginal Japanese and U.S. theatrical trailersImage galleryFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Mark Schilling and Chris Poggiali
