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

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6.3

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6.8

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6.7

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5.9

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6.5

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6.5

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5.5

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0.0

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2.9

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5.4

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7.2

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6.2

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5.5

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7.4

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5.4

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7.3

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4.8

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5.2

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