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Black Belt

Original title: 黒帯

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

  • Movie
  • 2007
  • 1h 35m

Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki

6.8

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6.8 out of 10 from 67 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Akihito YagiGiryu

  • Tatsuya NakaTaiken

  • Yū Kamio

    Yū KamioChoei

  • Arashi Fukasawa

    Arashi FukasawaKenta

  • Hakuryu

    HakuryuPolice Captain Kiichi Tanihara

  • Takayasu Komiya

    Takayasu KomiyaOhmoji

  • Yōsuke Natsuki

    Yōsuke NatsukiEiken Shibahara

  • Shin'ya Ohwada

    Shin'ya OhwadaGouda Hidehisa

  • Kenji Anan

    Kenji Anan

  • Atsuko Nakamura

  • Tatsuya Mori

  • Atsushi Hida

  • Fuyuhiko Nishi

    Fuyuhiko Nishi

Director
Shunichi Nagasaki
Writer
George Iida
Music
Naoki Sato
Cinematography
Masato Kaneko