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Black Belt
2007 6.7 (63 votes) 1h 35m
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Genres
Action Drama
Production Companies
Kuro-Obi Partners
Bandai Visual
Cross Media
Hexagon Pictures
Cafe Groove
Harajuku Sun-Ad
Kiccorit

Black Belt (黒帯)

Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.

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.

Key Crew

Director: Shunichi Nagasaki

Writer: George Iida

Director of Photography: Masato Kaneko

Top Cast

Akihito Yagi

Giryu

Tatsuya Naka

Taiken

Yū Kamio
Yū Kamio

Choei

Arashi Fukasawa
Arashi Fukasawa

Kenta

Hakuryu
Hakuryu

Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara

Takayasu Komiya
Takayasu Komiya

Ohmoji

Yōsuke Natsuki
Yōsuke Natsuki

Eiken Shibahara

Shin'ya Ohwada
Shin'ya Ohwada

Gouda Hidehisa

Videos

Black Belt / Kuro-Obi (2007) TRAILER [HD]

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