R | 1h 27min | Action, Crime, Drama | September 1976 (USA)
Alternate Title: Karate Kiba
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
Directors: Ryuichi Takamori, Simon Nuchtern
Writer: Ikki Kajiwara (screenplay)
Stars: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi, Jirô Yabuki, Aaron Banks
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Alternate Title: Karate Kiba
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
Directors: Ryuichi Takamori, Simon Nuchtern
Writer: Ikki Kajiwara (screenplay)
Stars: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi, Jirô Yabuki, Aaron Banks
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
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00:00Special bulletin. Underworld figure Salvatore Rocco was gunned down today by unknown assailants.
00:13Unconfirmed reports say that Rocco was involved in a large shipment of stolen drugs.
00:17Police report they're also seeking a Japanese woman, Rocco's long-time companion, who has also disappeared.
00:25All right, bring me to the drugs.
00:31You want me to cut your goddamn face off?
00:34Faster than Ali, meaner than Bruce Lee, Sonny Chiba the Street Fighter is the dirty, mean murder machine in The Bodyguard.
00:51Sonny Chiba the Street Fighter is back as the meanest, bloodiest, most violent ass killer in the world.
01:00I'm not taking on ribbing mother yet.
01:04There are a lot of drugs corrupting our young, hurting us all.
01:09That's why I swear to you now on my honor that I will find the rest of the men responsible for this.
01:14I will smash them one at a time and put them all out of business.
01:18So, it's you.
01:19Say your prayers, fat man.
01:22Die!
01:28After a vicious massacre of bloody revenge, Sonny Chiba as The Bodyguard wastes ten armed hijackers at 30,000 feet.
01:38Chiba!
01:44Who else but Chiba could cop a million to guard the baddest, foxiest bodies from San Francisco to Tokyo?
01:50Chiba's women, bodies any man would die to guard.
01:55You will do what I say?
02:07Chiba! Chiba! Chiba! Chiba! Chiba! Chiba!
02:21The Bodyguard, starring Sonny the Street Fighter Chiba and a star-studded cast of international martial arts superstars,
02:29moves from the gutters of New York to the whore-infested back alleys of the Ginza.
02:35Now, Takami, it's your job to kill The Bodyguard.
02:39Then I want you to take care of the girl.
02:44Terry Levine presents an Aquarius Films release of Sonny Chiba as The Bodyguard.
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