Black Belt

Oct 13, 2007

1h 35m

★ 6.7

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

Overview

Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Kuro-Obi Partners

Bandai Visual

Cross Media

Hexagon Pictures

Cafe Groove

Harajuku Sun-Ad

Kiccorit

Black Belt Trailers

Cast

Giryu

Akihito Yagi

Taiken

Tatsuya Naka

Choei

Yū Kamio

Kenta

Arashi Fukasawa

Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara

Hakuryu

Ohmoji

Takayasu Komiya

Eiken Shibahara

Yōsuke Natsuki

Gouda Hidehisa

Shin'ya Ohwada

Kenji Anan

Atsuko Nakamura

Tatsuya Mori

Atsushi Hida

Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

7.0

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7.4

Drunken Master

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5.4

The Next Karate Kid

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7.3

Ip Man 4: The Finale

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5.3

DOA: Dead or Alive

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Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.

6.4

The Man with the Golden Gun

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Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

7.2

The Karate Kid

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6.7

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5.5

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0.0

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5.4

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0.0

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6.7

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0.0

The Karate

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6.1

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6.5

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2.8

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4.8

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