Black Belt (2007)
Kuro-obi
Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan.
95 min
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.
- Release date
- October 13, 2007
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Akihito Yagi as Giryu
- Tatsuya Naka as Taikan
- Yû Kamio as Choei
- Arashi Fukasawa as Kenta
- Hakuryû as Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara
- Takayasu Komiya as Ohmoji
- Yôsuke Natsuki as Eiken Shibahara
- Shin'ya Ôwada as Gouda Hidehisa
- Kenji Anan
- Atsuko Nakamura
- Tatsuya Mori
- Atsushi Hida
- Fuyuhiko Nishi
- Yûji Suzuki as Choei
- Takeshi Bito as Punk
- Rei Hanaoka
Crew
- Shunichi Nagasaki · Director
- Jôji Iida · Writer
- Katsuhiro Ogawa · Producer
- Naoki Satô · Composer
- Masato Kaneko · Cinematographer
- Hirohide Abe · Editor
- Yumiko Kûkan · Casting director
- Tatsuo Ozeki · Production designer