The Karate
Part of The Karate Trilogy
1974•1h 26m•9.0/10
ActionDrama
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9.0/10(2)
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.
Production
Toei Company
Language
JA
Status
Released
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Cast
Tadashi Yamashita
Bronson Lee
Yoko Horikoshi
Shinobu Suzuki
Shingo Yamashiro
Mihira
Masafumi Suzuki
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
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