Black Belt (2007)
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
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Akihito Yagi as Giryu |
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Tatsuya Naka as Taiken |
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Yū Kamio as Choei |
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Arashi Fukasawa as Kenta |
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Hakuryu as Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara |
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Takayasu Komiya as Ohmoji |
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Yōsuke Natsuki as Eiken Shibahara |
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Shin'ya Ohwada as Gouda Hidehisa |
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Kenji Anan as |
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Atsuko Nakamura as |
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Tatsuya Mori as |
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Atsushi Hida as |
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Fuyuhiko Nishi as |
| Directing | Shunichi Nagasaki | Director |
| Writing | George Iida | Writer |
| Editing | Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Sound | Naoki Sato | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yutaka Tsurumaki | Sound |
| Art | Tatsuo Ozeki | Production Design |
| Art | Atsuro Hirai | Production Design |
| Camera | Masato Kaneko | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Hideki Tateno | Gaffer |
