Dragon Princess
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film about a girl who wishes to avenge her father.
) and his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) being attacked by a rival karate master who wants the man's job as top karate master. After cowardly teaming up with four other masters they manage to disable one of the man's arms and sticking a kunai
knife in his eye. Leaving him alive but crippled the man trains his daughter to avenge him and the death of a friend. After his death, his daughter goes to Tokyo to kill her enemy, she enters into a karate tournament, being funded by a corrupt business man, to get to her target, but the coward, to assure his student's supremacy in the coming fight, sends his four top fighters to wipe out the competition. By the end the girl, with the help of another karate student, kills the boss and his minions. Her arm is permanently disabled, keeping her from continuing her karate but allowing her to continue on with the rest of her life.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
film about a girl who wishes to avenge her father.
Plot
The film begins with a man (Sonny ChibaSonny Chiba
, also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director and martial artist.Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience.- Early life :Born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka,...
) and his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) being attacked by a rival karate master who wants the man's job as top karate master. After cowardly teaming up with four other masters they manage to disable one of the man's arms and sticking a kunai
Kunai
A is a Japanese tool possibly derived from the masonry trowel. Two variations are the and the . It is a good example of a very basic tool which, in the hands of a martial arts expert, could be used as a multi-functional weapon...
knife in his eye. Leaving him alive but crippled the man trains his daughter to avenge him and the death of a friend. After his death, his daughter goes to Tokyo to kill her enemy, she enters into a karate tournament, being funded by a corrupt business man, to get to her target, but the coward, to assure his student's supremacy in the coming fight, sends his four top fighters to wipe out the competition. By the end the girl, with the help of another karate student, kills the boss and his minions. Her arm is permanently disabled, keeping her from continuing her karate but allowing her to continue on with the rest of her life.
Trivia
- Some American releases of the film have the title Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess though he only appears in the first few scenes of the film
- Some American releases have spliced in an unrelated sex scene from another movie.http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0165256/board/flat/75833553