Black Belt

Black Belt

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

200795m6.7 (65)

ActionDrama

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.

Crew

Shunichi Nagasaki

Shunichi Nagasaki

Director

George Iida

George Iida

Writer

MK

Masato Kaneko

Director of Photography

Naoki Sato

Naoki Sato

Original Music Composer

Cast

AY

Akihito Yagi

Giryu

TN

Tatsuya Naka

Taiken

Yū Kamio

Yū Kamio

Choei

Arashi Fukasawa

Arashi Fukasawa

Kenta

Hakuryu

Hakuryu

Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara

Takayasu Komiya

Takayasu Komiya

Ohmoji

Yōsuke Natsuki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Eiken Shibahara

Shin'ya Ohwada

Shin'ya Ohwada

Gouda Hidehisa

Kenji Anan

Kenji Anan

AN

Atsuko Nakamura

TM

Tatsuya Mori

AH

Atsushi Hida

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