Chiba's Cult Classic

True to its cause of championing grindhouse cinema, indie film collective SCUM (Society for Cult & Underground Movies) will be bringing The Street Fighter (1974) back to the big screen next week. The action-packed thriller shot Japanese actor Sonny Chiba to fame internationally, and has inspired numerous filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino. Chiba plays Terry Tsurugi, a tough mercenary and kungfu exponent hired by the Yakuza to kidnap the heiress of a dead oil tycoon. But all hell breaks loose when the…