Action ·Drama · Japan · 2007 · 1h 35m

Black Belt

黒帯

Black Belt poster
Director
Shunichi Nagasaki
Cast
Akihito Yagi as Giryu Tatsuya Naka as Taiken Yū Kamio as Choei Arashi Fukasawa as Kenta Hakuryu as Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara Takayasu Komiya as Ohmoji
Crew
Masato Kaneko — Director of Photography Hirohide Abe — Editor Naoki Sato — Original Music Composer George Iida — Writer Atsuro Hirai — Production Design Tatsuo Ozeki — Production Design
Tagline

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Black Belt — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
karatedojomartial arts masterkarate kickmartial arts trainingkarate classmartial arts action
Key Collaborators
Shunichi Nagasaki Director Masato Kaneko Director of Photography Hirohide Abe Editor Naoki Sato Original Music Composer George Iida Writer Atsuro Hirai Production Design Tatsuo Ozeki Production Design
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