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Black Belt (2007)
黒帯
- Year
- 2007
- Art
- Karate
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Shunichi Nagasaki
- Cast
- Tatsuya Naka
- Running time
- 95 min
Synopsis
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.
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Why it matters
“Black Belt” is a 2007 film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki (Japan). Starring Tatsuya Naka. It puts karate at the centre of the story: the training, discipline and fighting of this art born in Okinawa. To learn about the art itself, see our Karate page.
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