The Karate

Part of The Karate Trilogy

1974•1h 26m

ActionDrama

Bronson Lee, a Japanese-American raised by his grandma in the harsh, poverty-stricken desert Southwest, returns to Japan to demonstrate his mastery of karate by entering the tournament that will determine the first World Karate Champion.

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Production

Toei Company

Language

Status

Released

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Cast

Tadashi Yamashita

Bronson Lee

Yoko Horikoshi

Shinobu Suzuki

Shingo Yamashiro

Mihira

Bolo Yeung

Masafumi Suzuki

Shunji Sasaki

Keima Tadashi

Steve Fisher

Joe Gonzales

Dale Ferguson

Willy Zhang

Hiroshi Ebie

Tiger Blue

Seizō Fukumoto

Akama

Masataka Iwao

Okura

Ryuji Katagiri

Sagara

Eizō Kitamura

Kazunori Tokaibayashi

Kuniomi Kitani

Kasim Khan

Kazuyuki Kosaka

Yasui

Michimaro Otabe

Yoshizo Yamatani

Yae Ozaki

Yuko

Takaya Shimoyama

Team

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