Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Woodyanders Karate master Kazuma (the almighty Sonny Chiba) gets severely beaten up and crippled by a vicious gang of thugs lead by evil rival Nikaido. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter Yumi (a fine and moving performance by beautiful brunette Etsuko Shihomi) in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on the pernicious bastards. Directors Yataka Kodaira and Yutaka Kohira maintain a steady snappy pace throughout and stage the copious brutal, blood-spilling and bone-breaking fight scenes with plenty of violent aplomb (one especially thrilling set piece has Yumi single handedly taking out a pack of ferocious Doberman Pinchers). Hanjiro Nakada's snazzy cinematography makes nice use of shaky hand-held camera, funky freeze frames and strenuous slow motion. Shunsuke Kikuchi's groovy, rousing "wacka wacka" score likewise does the trick. The villains are a truly mean, nasty and hateful bunch, with the best one being a blind, white-haired swordsman. Shihomi makes for a strong and sympathetic tragic heroine whose sole reason for existing is to avenge her father. A bang-up little winner.

wanderingstar To sum this movie up as briefly as possible (it does not need elaboration)... karate master (Sonny Chiba) is crippled by evil assailants, then trains daughter (Sue Shiomi) in the art of karate, mindless vengeance and coldhearted blood-letting. (I don't know, I would have encouraged her into dentistry or some other respectable profession, but that's just me) There are some good choreographed moves, and Shiomi, like Chiba, displays a penchant for not only kicking an opponent's ass but making a point of crushing her opponent's bones and internal organs afterwards.In a lot of the fights though, the techniques are obscured by bad and changing camera angles.Overall, not that great. You are only going to want to see this if you are a Sonny Chiba fan.

dj_bassett Actually a pretty descriptive title – the "Princess" is Sue Shiomi, Sonny Chiba's daughter, who he trains to take revenge on the men who crippled him. (Chiba himself is in this movie for all of fifteen minutes or so.) A bit choppy here and there, with some continuity errors, but it's hard to tell if that's in the original print (I saw a dubbed American release). Very loose plot turns into a variation of "your school is better than my school" and the inevitable martial arts tournament, although that's eventually dropped for just a big battle. Shiomi is attractive and seemingly a good actress, the fight choreography is mostly pretty good although there's a tendency to indulge in weirdo camera angles, and there's one great bad guy, a white-haired gentleman who's blind and goes nuts when loud noises hit. Fine of its kind.

kattcb Sonny was the next best thing out there besides Bruce. i've seen this movie back in the 80's, and i loved it. sonny is in the movie enough to make an impact. but the problem is when it came out, it was called Dragon Princess, but when you try to find it, it keeps coming up Dragon Princess but it is actually showing you Sister Street Fighter. this makes it very difficult to find to purchase. etsuko style is sooooo sonny's style. it's sad as her father trains her to take revenge on his life because he knows that he will be killed because of who he is. yes, he is very strick and hard on his daughter, but very protective of her also. a very brutal man you would think the way he is training her, but she loves him. everything that she do in her young life is in preparation for her ultimate challenge in life, her father's revenge.