
Black Belt
A quiet, grounded martial arts drama that prizes restraint and discipline over flash, building to a somber, emotionally weighty climax.
- Directed by
- Shunichi Nagasaki
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yū Kamio
- Tagline
- 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.
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- Directed by
- Shunichi Nagasaki
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yū Kamio












