Black Belt

Black Belt

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

2007•1h 35m•6.7/10

ActionDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(64)

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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Production

Kuro-Obi Partners, Bandai Visual, Cross Media, Hexagon Pictures, Cafe Groove, Harajuku Sun-Ad, Kiccorit

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Akihito Yagi

Giryu

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

Atsuko Nakamura

Tatsuya Mori

Atsushi Hida

Fuyuhiko Nishi

Fuyuhiko Nishi

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