Movie·2007·1h 35m
Black Belt
Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.
Directed By
Shunichi Nagasaki
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 黒帯
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.
Written By
George Iida
Cinematography
Masato Kaneko
Music
Naoki Sato
Editor
Hirohide Abe
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Atsuko Nakamura
Tatsuya Mori
Atsushi Hida
Fuyuhiko Nishi
// crew
Crew
Shunichi Nagasaki
Director
George Iida
Writer
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Masato Kaneko
Director of Photography
Naoki Sato
Original Music Composer
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