
Black Belt 2007
"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.
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki
Cast
Akihito Yagi
Giryu
Tatsuya Naka
Taiken

YΕ« Kamio
Choei

Arashi Fukasawa
Kenta

Hakuryu
Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara

Takayasu Komiya
Ohmoji

YΕsuke Natsuki
Eiken Shibahara

Shin'ya Ohwada
Gouda Hidehisa

Kenji Anan
Atsuko Nakamura