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Killing Machine (1975)

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Summary: 'Based' on the true story of the founder of "Shôrinji kenpô" in Japan. Doshin Soh, a double agent during WWII in Manchuria (where he learns the art of Shao Lin), returns to a defeated Japan full of corruption, crime and lost souls. After being arrested for beating up a group of American G.I.'s, he escapes and retreats to the country to start his own martial arts school. While helping to mend the shattered lives of his countrymen, he also runs afoul of the Yakuza...

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AKA: Shôrinji kenpô

AKA: The Killing Machine

Genres: Drama, Action

Country: Japan

Directed By: Norifumi Suzuki

Written By: Takeshi Matsumoto

Starring: Sonny Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Naoya Makoto, Sanae Kitabayashi

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TCI	User	Score
na	hayabusa	80	T₅
na	Scottathon	42	T₂
na	CrazyJim9380	75	T₅
na	chemical404	47	T₄
Sonny Chiba is Dirty Harry-like figure, who sports a swastika on his kimono and fights all injustice - white devils, Koreans and yakuzas. The fact that this film is remembered by the scenes of either dicks or limbs cut off tells a lot about it.
na	imdb	63	T₅
na	jacobb1313	65	T₅
Be in awe of Sonny Chiba, post-WWII Japan's enraged, hypermasculine id. The man: beats up U.S. forces and yakuza with abandon, and graphically rips off a child rapists', um, tools. (Punchline: a dog eats them!) Keep in mind he also cleans up the town (and, really, the country). This is a Japanese Road House with a kung-fu school instead of a bar. It is also inflammatory violence meant to resolve a maligned sense of Japanese self-worth.