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Norman Yonemoto
★ Directing

Norman Yonemoto

1946 – 2014 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1969–2004

Norman Yonemoto was a Japanese-American filmmaker who frequently collaborated with his brother Bruce Yonemoto.

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Savage Streets

Savage Streets

1984 ★ 6.5
Writer

After nearly being run down in the street by a gang known as the Scars, Brenda (Linda Blair) and her deaf-mute younger sister Heather (Linnea Quigley) and their friends trash the car of the gang leader, Jake. Jake exacts his revenge by getting his cohorts to gang-rape Heather. A fight between Brenda and her friends and the Scars at a local nightclub results in Brenda's pregnant, soon-to-be-married friend Francine being murdered by the Scars, who throw her off a viaduct. When Brenda learns who is responsible for Heather's rape, and that Francine is dead and the Scars are responsible, Brenda arms herself and sets out to avenge them. Finding them at a nearby warehouse, Brenda impales one of the gang members, Fargo, with an arrow; kills another, Red, by snapping a bear trap shut upon his neck; and then begins to torture Jake with arrows shot into his thighs and a hunting knife as he hangs by his feet from a gate. However, he then manages to free himself and attacks her. The showdown ends in a nearby paint store; as a burglar alarm blares, Brenda douses Jake in paint and then sets him on fire with a cigarette lighter that she has previously had difficulty getting to produce a flame, just before the police arrive. The movie ends with Brenda (who is presumably facing charges for the murders of Fargo, Red and Jake), Heather and their surviving friends visiting Francine's grave, and Brenda comments, "At least we set things right," to which her friend Stevie replies, "No, Brenda. You set things right."

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Filmography

58 credits
Crew Credits
2000s 1 credit
2004
Movie
1990s 6 credits
1996
Movie
1992
ahistory Director
Movie
1991
Movie
1990
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Movie ★ 7.0
1980s 28 credits
1989
Framed Director
Movie
1988
Blinky Director
Movie
1986
Kappa Director
Movie
1986
Kappa Producer
Movie
1986
Kappa Writer
Movie
1985
Blacklode Cinematography
Movie
1985
Blacklode Additional Camera
Movie
1984
Vault Writer
Movie
1984
Movie ★ 5.0
1984
Movie ★ 5.0
1984
Movie ★ 6.2
1984
Movie ★ 5.0
1984
Vault Director
Movie
1984
Movie ★ 7.0
1984
Movie ★ 7.0
1984
Movie
1983
Choice Cuts Director
Movie
1983
Movie ★ 5.0
1982
The Brig Director
Movie
1982
The Brig Writer
Movie
1982
Skin Flix Director
Movie
1981
Movie
1981
Movie
1981
Al Parker's Flashback Camera Operator
Movie
1980
Movie
1980
Closed Set Cinematography
Movie ★ 8.0
1980
Movie ★ 3.0
1970s 21 credits
1979
Movie
1979
Movie ★ 9.7
1979
Movie ★ 9.7
1979
Movie ★ 9.7
1979
Movie ★ 9.7
1979
Movie
1979
Movie ★ 8.0
1979
Movie ★ 4.0
1977
Chatterbox! Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.0
1976
Straight Writer
Movie
1976
Straight Director
Movie
1976
Straight Producer
Movie
1976
Garage Sale Director
Movie ★ 1.0
1976
Movie ★ 1.0
1976
Garage Sale Producer
Movie ★ 1.0
1975
Snowballing Original Music Composer
Movie
1975
Movie
1973
Brothers Director
Movie ★ 9.8
1973
Brothers Editor
Movie ★ 9.8
1973
Brothers Writer
Movie ★ 9.8
1960s 1 credit
1969
Movie
s 1 credit