Black Belt
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.
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
6.8/10
64 votes
Rating consensus
68/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~68/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
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Black Belt (2007)
Shunichi Nagasaki
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