Black Belt

"Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan."

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.

Director: Shunichi Nagasaki

Cast

A

Akihito Yagi

Giryu

T

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