Black Belt

Original title: 黒帯

"Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan."

2007 ★ 6.7 95 min IMDb Japanese Shunichi Nagasaki

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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.

Action Drama