
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.
Top Billed Cast
Akihito Yagi
Giryu
Tatsuya Naka
Taiken

YĆ« Kamio
Choei

Arashi Fukasawa
Kenta

Hakuryu
Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara
Featured Crew

Shunichi Nagasaki
Director
George Iida
Writer

Naoki Sato
Original Music Composer
Yutaka Tsurumaki
Sound
Masato Kaneko
Director of Photography
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Atsuro Hirai
Production Design
Tatsuo Ozeki
Production Design
Hideki Tateno
Gaffer