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"Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan."
Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki
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.
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
Movie Vibe
Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓fans of character-driven stories
- ✓viewers who love kinetic, high-energy films
May not appeal to
- –fans of purely lighthearted entertainment
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