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Black Belt

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

Not Rated Action Drama

Starring: Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yū Kamio, Arashi Fukasawa, Hakuryu

Writer: George Iida

Release Date:
October 13, 2007
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Shunichi Nagasaki
Companies:
Kuro-Obi Partners

Overview

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.