Black Belt

1h 35m
ActionDrama
6.7

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.

Cast

Akihito Yagi
Giryu
Tatsuya Naka
Taiken
Yū Kamio
Choei
Arashi Fukasawa
Kenta
Hakuryu
Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara
Takayasu Komiya
Ohmoji
Yōsuke Natsuki
Eiken Shibahara
Shin'ya Ohwada
Gouda Hidehisa
Kenji Anan
Unknown
Atsuko Nakamura
Unknown
Tatsuya Mori
Unknown
Atsushi Hida
Unknown
Fuyuhiko Nishi
Unknown

Crew

Shunichi Nagasaki
Director
George Iida
Writer
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Masato Kaneko
Director of Photography
Tatsuo Ozeki
Production Design
Atsuro Hirai
Production Design
Yutaka Tsurumaki
Sound
Naoki Sato
Original Music Composer
Hideki Tateno
Gaffer

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